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Prime Minister of Lithuania

The prime minister of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Ministras Pirmininkas; lit. "Minister-Chairman")[citation needed] is the head of government of Lithuania. The prime minister is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. The modern office of prime minister was established in 1990, when Lithuania declared its independence, although the official title was "Chairperson of the Council of Ministers" until 25 November 1992.

Prime Minister of Lithuania
Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas (Lithuanian)
Coat of arms of Lithuania
since 11 December 2020
Government of Lithuania
StyleMadam Prime Minister (informal)
Her Excellency (diplomatic)
TypeHead of government
StatusŠimonytė is currently acting as Prime Minister until Gintautas Paluckas is officially sworn in
AppointerPresident
Term length4 years
No term limit
Formation11 November 1918; 106 years ago (1918-11-11)
First holderAugustinas Voldemaras
Abolished1940–1991
Salary€6,000 per month[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Historically, the title of prime minister was also used between 1918 and 1940. This was during the original Republic of Lithuania, which lasted from the collapse of the Russian Empire until the country's annexation by the Soviet Union.

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Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office[2] Political party Government
Took office Left office Time in office
1   Augustinas Voldemaras
(1883–1942)
1st time 		11 November 1918 26 December 1918 45 days Party of National Progress Voldemaras I
2   Mykolas Sleževičius
(1882–1939)
1st time 		26 December 1918 5 March 1919 69 days Peasant Union Sleževičius I
3   Pranas Dovydaitis
(1886–1942) 		13 March 1919 12 April 1919 38 days Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Dovydaitis
(2)   Mykolas Sleževičius
(1882–1939)
2nd time 		12 April 1919 2 October 1919 173 days Peasant Union Sleževičius II
4   Ernestas Galvanauskas
(1882–1967)
1st time 		7 October 1919 15 June 1920 252 days Independent Galvanauskas I
5   Kazys Grinius
(1866–1950) 		19 June 1920 18 January 1922 1 year, 213 days Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union Grinius
(4)   Ernestas Galvanauskas
(1882–1967)
2nd time 		2 February 1922 17 June 1924 2 years, 136 days Independent Galvanauskas II–III–IV
6   Antanas Tumėnas
(1880–1946) 		18 June 1924 27 January 1925 223 days Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Tumėnas
7   Vytautas Petrulis
(1890–1942) 		4 February 1925 19 September 1925 227 days Farmers' Association Petrulis
8   Leonas Bistras
(1890–1971) 		25 September 1925 31 May 1926 248 days Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Bistras
(2)   Mykolas Sleževičius
(1882–1939)
3rd time 		15 June 1926 17 December 1926 185 days Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union Sleževičius III
(1)   Augustinas Voldemaras
(1883–1942)
2nd time 		17 December 1926 19 September 1929 2 years, 276 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Voldemaras II
9   Juozas Tūbelis
(1882–1939) 		23 September 1929 24 March 1938 8 years, 182 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Tūbelis I–II–III
10   Vladas Mironas
(1880–1953) 		24 March 1938 28 March 1939 1 year, 4 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Mironas I–II
11   Jonas Černius
(1898–1977) 		28 March 1939 21 November 1939 238 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Černius
12   Antanas Merkys
(1887–1955) 		21 November 1939 15 June 1940 207 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Merkys

Following the ultimatum in June 1940, the forces of Soviet Union entered Lithuania, prompting President Antanas Smetona to flee the country. Antanas Merkys, who assumed the position of acting president in accordance with the constitution, soon announced he had taken over the Presidency on a permanent basis and appointed Justas Paleckis, favored by the Soviet authorities, as the Prime Minister ahead of the "people's government". Merkys soon resigned, allowing Paleckis to assume the post of acting president as well.[3] The presidency of Merkys is not recognized as legitimate in modern Lithuania[4] and Paleckis is not listed as an interwar Prime Minister in government sources.[2]

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government
Took office Left office Time in office
–   Justas Paleckis
(1899–1980) 		17 June 1940 24 June 1940 7 days Communist Party of Lithuania
–   Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius
(1882–1954) 		24 June 1940 1 July 1940 7 days Communist Party of Lithuania People's Government

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR
1   Mečislovas Gedvilas
(1901–1981)
(in exile in the Russian SFSR 1941–1944) 		25 August 1940 2 April 1946 5 years, 220 days Communist Party of Lithuania
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
1   Mečislovas Gedvilas
(1901–1981) 		2 April 1946 16 January 1956 9 years, 289 days Communist Party of Lithuania
2   Motiejus Šumauskas
(1905–1982) 		16 January 1956 14 April 1967 11 years, 88 days Communist Party of Lithuania
3   Juozas Maniušis
(1910–1987) 		14 April 1967 16 January 1981 13 years, 277 days Communist Party of Lithuania
4   Ringaudas Songaila
(1929–2019) 		16 January 1981 18 November 1985 4 years, 306 days Communist Party of Lithuania
5   Vytautas Sakalauskas
(1933–2001) 		18 November 1985 17 March 1990 4 years, 119 days Communist Party of Lithuania

Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Government
Took office Left office Time in office
–   Juozas Ambrazevičius
(1903–1974)
acting 		23 June 1941 5 August 1941 43 days Provisional Government

Republic of Lithuania (1990–present)

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From 11 March 1990 after adopting the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.

Political parties and affiliations:   Sąjūdis   LDDP   TS / TS-LKD   LLS   LSDP   LVŽS

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government
coalition 		Seimas
Took office Left office Time in office
1   Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė
(born 1943) 		17 March 1990 10 January 1991 299 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis) 		Prunskienė
Sąjūdis 		Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990)
2   Albertas Šimėnas
(born 1950) 		10 January 1991 13 January 1991 3 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis) 		Šimėnas
Sąjūdis
3   Gediminas Vagnorius
(born 1957) 		13 January 1991 21 July 1992 1 year, 190 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis) 		Vagnorius I
Sąjūdis
4   Aleksandras Abišala
(born 1955) 		21 July 1992 26 November 1992 128 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis) 		Abišala
Sąjūdis
5   Bronislovas Lubys
(1938–2011) 		12 December 1992 10 March 1993 88 days Independent
(endorsed by Democratic Labour Party) 		Lubys
LDDP 		6 (1992)
6   Adolfas Šleževičius
(1948–2022) 		10 March 1993 8 February 1996 2 years, 335 days Democratic Labour Party
(LDDP) 		Šleževičius
LDDP
7   Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius
(1935–2017) 		23 February 1996 19 November 1996 270 days Democratic Labour Party
(LDDP) 		Stankevičius
LDDP
(3)   Gediminas Vagnorius
(born 1957) 		4 December 1996 3 May 1999 2 years, 150 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD) 		Vagnorius II
TS–LKDP 		7 (1996)
8   Rolandas Paksas
(born 1956) 		1 June 1999 27 October 1999 148 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD) 		Paksas I
TS–LKDP
–   Irena Degutienė
(born 1949)
acting 		27 October 1999 3 November 1999 7 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD) 		Paksas I
TS–LKDP
9   Andrius Kubilius
(born 1956) 		3 November 1999 19 October 2000 351 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD) 		Kubilius I
TS–LKDP
(8)   Rolandas Paksas
(born 1956) 		27 October 2000 20 June 2001 236 days Liberal Union of Lithuania
(LLS) 		Paksas II
LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA 		8 (2000)
–   Eugenijus Gentvilas
(born 1960)
acting 		20 June 2001 4 July 2001 14 days Liberal Union of Lithuania
(LLS) 		Paksas II
LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA
10   Algirdas Brazauskas
(1932–2010) 		4 July 2001 1 June 2006 4 years, 332 days Social Democrats
(LSDP) 		Brazauskas I
LSDP-NS
Brazauskas II
LSDP–DP-LVNDS-NS (2004–2006)
LSDP–DP-LVNDS (2006)
LSDP (2006) 		9 (2004)
–   Zigmantas Balčytis
(born 1953)
acting 		1 June 2006 18 July 2006 47 days Social Democrats
(LSDP) 		Brazauskas II
LSDP
11   Gediminas Kirkilas
(1951–2024) 		6 July 2006 17 November 2008 2 years, 134 days Social Democrats
(LSDP) 		Kirkilas
LSDP-LVNDS-PDP-LiCS (2006–2007)
LSDP (2006–2008)
LSDP-LVNDS-LiCS-PDP-NS (2008)
(9)   Andrius Kubilius
(born 1956) 		9 December 2008 13 December 2012 4 years, 4 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD) 		Kubilius II
TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS (2008–2009 and 2010–2011)
TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS-Parliamentary Group "One Lithuania" (2009–2010)
TS-LKD-LRLS-LiCS (2011–2012) 		10 (2008)
12   Algirdas Butkevičius
(born 1958) 		13 December 2012 13 December 2016 4 years, 0 days Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
(LSDP) 		Butkevičius
LSDP-DP-TT-LLRA (2012–2014)
LSDP-DP-TT (2014–2016) 		11 (2012)
13   Saulius Skvernelis
(born 1970) 		13 December 2016 11 December 2020 3 years, 364 days Independent
(endorsed by Farmers and Greens Union) 		Skvernelis
LVŽS-LSDP (2016–2017)
LVŽS (2017–2018)
LVŽS-LSDDP (2018–2019)
LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS-TT (2019)
LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS (2019–2020) 		12 (2016)
14   Ingrida Šimonytė
(born 1974) 		11 December 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 349 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD) 		Šimonytė
TS-LKD-LRLS-LP 		13 (2020)
15   Gintautas Paluckas
(born 1979) 		TBA Designated – Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
(LSDP) 		Paluckas
LSDP-PPNA-DSVL 		14 (2024)

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Timeline

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Ingrida ŠimonytėSaulius SkvernelisAlgirdas ButkevičiusGediminas KirkilasAlgirdas BrazauskasAndrius KubiliusRolandas PaksasLaurynas StankevičiusAdolfas ŠleževičiusBronislovas LubysAleksandras AbišalaGediminas VagnoriusAlbertas ŠimėnasKazimira PrunskienėVytautas SakalauskasRingaudas SongailaJuozas ManiušisMotiejus ŠumauskasJuozas AmbrazevičiusMečislovas GedvilasVincas Krėvė-MickevičiusJustas PaleckisAntanas MerkysJonas ČerniusVladas MironasJuozas TūbelisLeonas BistrasVytautas PetrulisAntanas TumėnasKazys GriniusErnestas GalvanauskasPranas DovydaitisMykolas SleževičiusAugustinas Voldemaras

References

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  1. ^ "Darbo užmokestis".
  2. ^ a b "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Laikotarpiu 1918–1940". Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. ^ Senn, Alfred Erich (2007). Lithuania 1940: Revolution from Above. Rodopi. pp. 147–148. ISBN 9789042022256. Retrieved 9 May 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "History". President of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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