 | Leaders of Lithuania
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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB's website. See also the CIDOB page detailing the Lithuanian Governments since 1990.
Current parties:
LTS: Lithuanian Nationalists Union (1989-2008 > TS-LKD; refounded 2011) - LLRA-KSS: Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (1994) - LSDP (new): Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2001) - LVZS: Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (2001/2005, previously known as Union of Peasants and New Democratic Parties, VNDPS, and Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, LVLS) - CP-T: Centre Party-Nationalists (2003, previously known as National Center Party, NCP, Lithuanian Center Party, LCP, and Centre Party-Welfare Lithuania, CP-GL) - DP: Labour Party (2003) - LRLS: Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania (2006) - TS-LKD: Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (2008) - LSDDP: Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (2018) - LP: Freedom Party (2019) - LT: Freedom and Justice party (2020)
Late parties:
LKP: Communist Party of Lithuania (†1990 > LDDP) - Sajudis: Reform Movement of Lithuania (multi-party movement, 1988-1991) - LSDP (old): Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (1989-2001 > new LSDP, on merger with LDDP) - LKDP: Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (1989-2001 > LKD) - LDDP: Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (1990-2001 > LSDP) - LLS: Lithuanian Liberal Union (1990-2003 > LiCS) - LCS: Center Union of Lithuania (1993-2003 > LiCS) - TS(LK): Homeland Union (Conservatives of Lithuania) (1993-2008 > TS-LKD) - LKDS Lithuanian Union of Christian Democrats (1996-2001 > LKD) - MKDS: Modern Christian Democratic Union (1998-2003 > LiCS) - NS: New Union (Social Liberals) (1998-2011 > DP) - LKD: Lithuanian Christian Democrats (2001-2008 > TS-LKD) - TT: Order and Justice (2002-2020, previously known as Liberal Democratic Party, LDP, > LT) - LiCS: Liberal and Center Union (2003-2014 > LLS (Liberalai)) - TPP: National Resurrection Party (2008-2011 > LiCS) - LLS (Liberalai): Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (2014-2020 > LT)
(*) Styled chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet to 11 Mar 1990. Ruler of an independent state since 6 Sep 1991 (the declaration of independence made on 11 Mar 1990 was recognized by the Soviet authorities on that date).
 Prime Ministers
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Kazimiera Prunskienė 17 Mar 1990 - 10 Jan 1991 LKP/LDDP
Albertas Simenas 10 Jan 1991 - 13 Jan 1991 Sajudis
Gediminas Vagnorius 13 Jan 1991 - 21 Jul 1992 Sajudis
Aleksandras Abisala 21 Jul 1992 - 2 Dec 1992 n/p
Bronislovas Lubys 2 Dec 1992 - 10 Mar 1993 (†2011) LDDP
Adolfas Slezevicius 10 Mar 1993 - 15 Feb 1996 (†2022) LDDP
Laurynas Stankevicius 15 Feb 1996 - 28 Nov 1996 (†2017) LDDP
Gediminas Vagnorius 28 Nov 1996 - 4 May 1999 TS(LK)
Irena Degutienė 4 May 1999 - 18 May 1999 TS(LK) (acting)
Rolandas Paksas 18 May 1999 - 27 Oct 1999 TS(LK)
Irena Degutienė 27 Oct 1999 - 3 Nov 1999 TS(LK) (acting)
Andrius Kubilius 3 Nov 1999 - 26 Oct 2000 TS(LK)
Rolandas Paksas 26 Oct 2000 - 20 Jun 2001 LLS
Eugenijus Gentvilas 20 Jun 2001 - 3 Jul 2001 LLS (acting)
Algirdas Brazauskas 3 Jul 2001 - 1 Jun 2006 (†2010) LSDP
Zigmantas Balcytis 1 Jun 2006 - 4 Jul 2006 LSDP (acting)
Gediminas Kirkilas 4 Jul 2006 - 9 Dec 2008 LSDP
Andrius Kubilius 9 Dec 2008 - 13 Dec 2012 TS-LKD
Algirdas Butkevicius 13 Dec 2012 - 13 Dec 2016 LSDP
Saulius Skvernelis 13 Dec 2016 - 11 Dec 2020 n/p (LVZS)
Ingrida Simonytė 11 Dec 2020 - n/p, TS-LKD
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| Chairmen of the Parliament
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Chairman of the Supreme Assembly
Vytautas Landsbergis 1990-1992 Sajudis
Speakers of the Seimas
Algirdas Brazauskas 1992-1993 (†2010) LDDP
Ceslovas Jursenas 1993-1996 LDDP
Vytautas Landsbergis 1996-2000 TS(LK)
Artūras Paulauskas 2000-2004 NS
Ceslovas Jursenas 2004 LSDP (acting)
Artūras Paulauskas 2004-2006 NS
Vydas Gedvilas 2006 DP (acting)
Viktoras Muntianas 2006-2008 DP
Ceslovas Jursenas 2008 LSDP
Arunas Valinskas 2008-2009 TPP
Irena Degutienė 2009-2012 TS-LKD
Vydas Gedvilas 2012-2013 DP
Loreta Grauzinienė 2013-2016 DP
Viktoras Pranckietis 2016-2020 LVZS
Viktorija Cmilytė-Nielsen 2020- LRLS
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| Deputy Prime Ministers
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Algirdas Brazauskas + (†2010) LKP/LDDP
Romualdas Ozolas 1990-1991 (†2015) Sajudis
Zigmas Vaisvila + Green
Vytautas Pakalniskis + Sajudis
Algis Dobravolskas 1991-1992 n/p
Bronislovas Lubys 1992 (†2011) LDDP
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| Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Algirdas Saudargas 1990-1992 LKDP
Povilas Gylys 1992-1996 LDDP
Algirdas Saudargas 1996-2000 LKDP
Antanas Valionis 2000-2006 NS
Petras Vaitiekunas 2006-2008 n/p
Vygaudas Usackas 2008-2010 n/p
Rasa Jukneviciene 2010 TS-LKD (acting)
Audronius Azubalis 2010-2012 TS-LKD
Linas Linkevicius 2012-2020 LSDP, n/p
Gabrielius Landsbergis 2020- TS-LKD
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| Ministers of Defence
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Audrius Butkevicius 1991-1993 Sajudis
Linas Linkevicius 1993-1996 LDDP
Ceslovas Stankevicius 1996-2000 LKDP
Linas Linkevicius 2000-2004 n/p
Gediminas Kirkilas 2004-2006 LSDP
Juozas Olekas 2006-2008 LSDP
Rasa Jukneviciene 2008-2012 TS-LKD
Juozas Olekas 2012-2016 LSDP
Raimundas Karoblis 2016-2020 n/p
Arvydas Anusauskas 2020-2024 TS-LKD
Laurynas Kasciunas 2024- TS-LKD
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| Ministers of the Interior
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Marijonas Misiukonis 1990-1991 n/p
Petras Valiukas 1991-1992 (†1993)
Romasis Vaitekunas 1992-1996 LDDP
Virgilijus Bulovas 1996 LDDP
Vidmantas Ziemelis 1996-1998 TS(LK)
Vytautas Pakalniskis 1998 TS(LK) (acting)
Stasys Sedbaras 1998-1999 TS(LK)
Ceslovas Blazys 1999-2000 n/p
Vytautas Markevicius 2000-2001 n/p
Juozas Bernatonis 2001-2003 LSDP
Virgilijus Bulovas 2003-2004 LSDP
Gintaras Furmanavicius 2004-2006 DP
Raimondas Sukys 2006-2007 LiCS
Regimantas Ciupaila 2007-2008 LiCS
Raimundas Palaitis 2008-2012 LiCS
Raimondas Sukys 2012 LiCS (acting)
Artūras Melianas 2012 LiCS
Dailis Barakauskas 2012-2014 TT
Saulius Skvernelis 2014-2016 n/p
Tomas Zilinskas 2016 n/p
Eimutis Misiunas 2016-2019 n/p
Rita Tamasunienė 2019-2020 LLRA-KSS
Agnė Bilotaitė 2020- TS-LKD
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| Ministers of Finance
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Romualdas Sikorskis 1990-1991 (†1997)
Elvyra Kunevicienė 1991-1992 Sajudis
Audrius Misevicius 1992
Eduardas Vilkelis 1992-1995 (†2023) n/p
Reinoldijus Sarkinas 1995-1996 n/p
Algimantas Krizinauskas 1996 n/p
Rolandas Matiliauskas 1996-1997 TS(LK)
Algirdas G. Semeta 1997-1999 n/p
Jonas Lionginas 1999 TS(LK)
Vytautas Dudenas 1999-2000 TS(LK)
Jonas Lionginas 2000-2001 LLS
Dalia Grybauskaitė 2001-2004 n/p
Algirdas Butkevicius 2004-2005 LSDP
Zigmantas Balcytis 2005-2007 LSDP
Rimantas Sadzius 2007-2008 LSDP
Algirdas G. Semeta 2008-2009 n/p
Ingrida Simonytė 2009-2012 n/p
Rimantas Sadzius 2012-2016 LSDP
Rasa Budbergytė 2016 LSDP
Vilius Sapoka 2016-2020 n/p
Gintarė Skaistė 2020- TS-LKD
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| Ministers of Economy
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Vytas Navickas 1990-1991 LKP/LDDP
Albertas Simenas 1991-1992 Sajudis
Julius Veselka 1992-1994 (†2012) LDDP
Aleksandras Vasiliauskas 1994-1995 (†2016) LDDP
Vytas Navickas 1995-1996 LDDP
Antanas Kaminskas 1996
Vincas Babilius 1996-1999 TS(LK)
Eugenijus Maldeikis 1999 n/p
Valentinas Milaknis 1999-2000 n/p
Eugenijus Maldeikis 2000-2001 LLS
Eugenijus Gentvilas 2001 LLS
Petras Cesna 2001-2004 n/p
Viktor Uspaskich 2004-2005 DP
Kestutis Dauksys 2005-2006 DP
Vytas Navickas 2006-2008 LVLS
Dainius Kreivys 2008-2011 TS-LKD
Rimantas Zylius 2011-2012 n/p
Birutė Vėsaitė 2012-2013 LSDP
Evaldas Gustas 2013-2016 LSDP
Mindaugas Sinkevicius 2016-2017 LSDP
Virginijus Sinkevicius 2017-2019 LVZS
Zygimantas Vaiciūnas 2019-2020 n/p (acting)
Rimantas Sinkevicius 2020 LSDDP
Ausrinė Armonaitė 2020- LP
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  Chairmen of VNDPS, LVLS, LVZS
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Kazimiera Prunskienė 2005-2009
Ramūnas Karbauskis 2009-
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The VNDPS was founded in 2001/2005 upon the merger of the Lithuanian Peasants Party (LVP) and the New Democracy Party (NDP). In Feb 2006 the VNDPS changed its name to LVLS and in Jan 2012 the LVLS became the LVZS.
.gif)  Chairmen of TS(LK), TS-LKD
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Vytautas Landsbergis 1993-2003
Andrius Kubilius 2003-2015
Gabrielius Landsbergis 2015-
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The TS(LK) was founded on 1 May (registered on 26 May) 1993 by the Sajudis (Reform Movement of Lithuania) right wing. It merged with the LTS on 11 Mar 2008 and with the LKD on 17 May 2008, becoming the TS-LKD.
The LSDP was first founded on 1 May 1896 and restablished on 12 Aug 1989 (registered on 17 Jan 1990). On 27 Jan 2001 it merged with the LDDP to form a new party also named LSDP.
 Chairmen of DP
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Viktor Uspaskich 2003-2006
Loreta Grauziniene 2006 (acting)
Kestutis Dauksys 2006-2007
Viktor Uspaskich 2007-2013
Vytautas Gapsys 2013
Loreta Grauzinienė 2013-2015
Viktor Uspaskich 2015
Valentinas Mazuronis 2015-2016
Vytautas Gapsys 2016 (acting)
Zivilė Pinskuvienė 2016-2017
Sarūnas Birutis 2017-2018
Viktor Uspaskich 2018-2022
Andrius Mazuronis 2022-
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The DP was founded on 18 Oct 2003.
 Chairmen of LRLS
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Peter Austrevicius 2006-2008
Eligijus Masiulis 2008-2016
Antanas Guoga 2016 (acting)
Remigijus Simasius 2016-2017
Eugenijus Gentvilas 2017-2019
Viktorija Cmilytė-Nielsen 2019-
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The LRLS, a splinter group of the LiCS, was founded on 26 Feb 2006.
 Chairmen of LP
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Ausrinė Armonaitė 2019-
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The LP was founded by splinters of LRLS on 1 Jun 2019.
 Chairmen of LLRA-KSS
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Jan Senkevic 1994-1999
Valdemar Tomasevski 1999-
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The LLRA-KSS was founded on 28 Aug 1994.
The LSDDP was founded by splinters of LSDP on 13 Apr 2018.
 Chairmen of LLS (Liberalai), LT
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Artūras Zuokas 2014-2020
Remigijus Zemaitaitis 2020-
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LLS (Liberalai) was founded on 12 Jul 2014 by the merger of LiCS and YES–Homeland Revival and Perspective (TAIP). On 6 Jun 2020 the TT
party merged into the LLS (Liberalai), which became the LT party.
  Chairmen of NCP, LCP, CP-GL, CP-T
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Romualdas Ozolas 2003-2008 (†2015)
Arūnas Grumadas 2008-2012
Eugenijus Skrupskelis 2012-2013
Albinas Stankus 2013-2016
Naglis Puteikis 2016-2021
Petras Grazulis 2021-
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The NCP was founded on 1 Jun 2003 by former members of the LCS (Center Union of Lithuania) opposed to the party's merger with the LLS to create the new LiCS (Liberal and Center Union). The party changed its original name to LCP on 21 May 2005, to CP-GL on 26 Oct 2019 and to CP-T in Jul 2020.
 Chairmen of LTS
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Rimantas Matulis 1989-1990
Rimantas Smetona 1990-1997
Vaidotas Antanaitis 1997-1998
Alvydas Balezentis 1998-1999
Gediminas R. Sakalnikas 1999-2003
Klemas Inta 2003-2005
Gintaras Songaila 2005-2008
Gintaras Songaila 2011-2013
Julius Panka 2013-2015
Audrius Rudys 2015-2017
Sakalas Gorodeckis 2017-
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The LTS was registered on 23 Feb 1990. On 11 Mar 2008 it merged with the TS(LK), ceasing to exist. The party declared its rebirth on 17 Dec 2011.
 Chairmen of LDP, TT (2002-2020)
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Rolandas Paksas 2002-2003
Valentinas Mazuronis 2003-2004
Rolandas Paksas 2004-2016
Remigijus Zemaitaitis 2016-2020
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The LDP was formed by splinters of LLS and held its founding congress on 9 Mar 2002. On 13 May 2006 the party changed its name to TT. On 6 Jun 2020 TT merged into the LLS (Liberalai), resulting into the LT party.
 Chairmen of LiCS (2003-2014)
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Artūras Zuokas 2003-2009
Gintautas Babravicius 2009-2011
Algis Caplikas 2011-2013
Artūras Melianas 2013-2014
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LiCS was born on 31 May 2003 as the merger of LLS, LCS and MKDS. On 12 Jul 2014 the LiCS merged with YES–Homeland Revival and Perspective (TAIP) to form the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals), ceasing to exist.
 Chairmen of NS (1998-2011)
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Artūras Paulauskas 1998-2004
Vilija Blinkeviciute 2004 (acting)
Artūras Paulauskas 2004-2011
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The NS was founded on 26 Apr 1998. On 9 Jul 2011 it merged with the DP, ceasing to exist.
 Chairmen of TPP (2008-2011)
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Arunas Valinskas 2008-2011
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The TPP was founded on 30 Jun 2008. On 22 Sep 2011 it merged into the LiCS, ceasing to exist.
 Chairmen of LDDP (1990-2001)
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Algirdas Brazauskas 1990-1993 (†2010)
Gediminas Kirkilas 1993 (acting)
Adolfas Slezevicius 1993-1996 (†2022)
Ceslovas Jursenas 1996-2001
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The LDDP was founded on 8-9 Dec (registered 19 Dec) 1990 from the late LKP. On 27 Jan 2001 it merged with the LSDP to form a party also named LSDP.
 Chairmen of LKDP and LKD (1989-2008)
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Povilas Katilius 1993-1995
Algirdas Saudargas 1995-2001
Kazys Bobelis 2001-2004 (†2013)
Valentinas Stundys 2004-2008
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The LKDP was first founded in 1904 and restablished again on 16 Feb 1989 (registered on 22 Mar 1990). On 12 May 2001 it merged with the LKDS (founded on 26 Jun 1996) to form the LKD. On 17 May 2008 the party merged with the TS(LK) to form the TS-LKD.
 Chairmen of LLS (1990-2003)
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Vytautas Radzvilas 1990-1993
Sarunas Davainis 1993-1995
Ginutis Vencius 1995-1996
Eugenijus Gentvilas 1996-1999
Rolandas Paksas 1999-2001
Eugenijus Gentvilas 2001-2003
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The LLS was founded on 24-25 Nov 1990 (registered on 11 Mar 1991). It ceased to exist on 31 May 2003 upon merger with the LCS and the MKDS, to form the new LiCS.
 Chairmen of LCS (1993-2003)
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Romualdas Ozolas 1993-2000 (†2015)
Kestulis Glaveckas 2000-2003
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The LCS was founded on 5 Jun (registered on 27 Oct) 1993. It ceased to exist on 31 May 2003 upon merger with the LLS and the MKDS, to form the new LiCS.
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