Prime Minister of Lithuania | |
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Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas | |
Government of Lithuania | |
Style | Mister/Madam Prime Minister (informal) His/Her Excellency (diplomatic) |
Type | Head of government |
Appointer | President |
Term length | No term limit |
Inaugural holder | Augustinas Voldemaras |
Formation | 11 November 1918 |
Abolished | 1940–1991 |
Salary | €6,000 per month [1] |
Website | https://ministraspirmininkas.lrv.lt/en/ |
The prime minister of Lithuania (Lithuanian : Ministras Pirmininkas; lit. "Minister-president")[ citation needed ] is the head of the government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and 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.
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.
Nº | Name (Born–Died) | Portrait | Term of office [2] | Political party | |
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1 | Augustinas Voldemaras (1883–1942) 1st time | 11 November 1918 | 26 December 1918 | Party of National Progress | |
2 | Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939) 1st time | 26 December 1918 | 5 March 1919 | Peasant Union | |
3 | Pranas Dovydaitis (1886–1942) | 13 March 1919 | 12 April 1919 | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | |
(2) | Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939) 2nd time | 12 April 1919 | 2 October 1919 | Peasant Union | |
4 | Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882–1967) 1st time | 7 October 1919 | 15 June 1920 | Independent | |
5 | Kazys Grinius (1866–1950) | 19 June 1920 | 18 January 1922 | Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union | |
(4) | Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882–1967) 2nd time | 2 February 1922 | 17 June 1924 | Independent | |
6 | Antanas Tumėnas (1880–1946) | 18 June 1924 | 27 January 1925 | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | |
7 | Vytautas Petrulis (1890–1942) | 4 February 1925 | 19 September 1925 | Farmers' Association | |
8 | Leonas Bistras (1890–1971) | 25 September 1925 | 31 May 1926 | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | |
(2) | Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939) 3rd time | 15 June 1926 | 17 December 1926 | Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union | |
(1) | Augustinas Voldemaras (1883–1942) 2nd time | 17 December 1926 | 19 September 1929 | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | |
9 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882–1939) | 23 September 1929 | 8 June 1934 | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | |
12 June 1934 | 6 September 1935 | ||||
6 September 1935 | 24 March 1938 | ||||
10 | Vladas Mironas (1880–1953) | 24 March 1938 | 5 December 1938 | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | |
5 December 1938 | 28 March 1939 | ||||
11 | Jonas Černius (1898–1977) | 28 March 1939 | 21 November 1939 | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | |
12 | Antanas Merkys (1887–1955) | 21 November 1939 | 15 June 1940 | Lithuanian Nationalist Union |
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 | Name (Born–Died) | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | |
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Justas Paleckis (1899–1980) | 17 June 1940 | 24 June 1940 | |||
Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882–1954) | 24 June 1940 | 1 July 1940 |
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 (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Seimas | |||
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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 | |||
8 | Gediminas Vagnorius (born 1957) | 4 December 1996 | 3 May 1999 | 2 years, 150 days | Homeland Union (Conservatives) (TS) | Vagnorius II TS–LKDP (confidence and supply by LCS) | 7 (1996) | ||
9 | Rolandas Paksas (born 1956) | 1 June 1999 | 27 October 1999 | 148 days | Homeland Union (Conservatives) (TS) | Paksas I TS–LKDP (confidence and supply by LCS) | |||
10 | Andrius Kubilius (born 1956) | 3 November 1999 | 19 October 2000 | 351 days | Homeland Union (Conservatives) (TS) | Kubilius I TS–LKDP (confidence and supply by LCS (1999-2000)) | |||
11 | Rolandas Paksas (born 1956) | 27 October 2000 | 20 June 2001 | 236 days | LLS (LLS) | Paksas II LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA (confidence and supply by VNDS) (2000-2001) LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA (2001) | 8 (2000) | ||
12 | Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010) | 4 July 2001 | 15 November 2004 | 4 years, 332 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) | Brazauskas I LSDP-NS | |||
29 November 2004 | 1 June 2006 | Brazauskas II LSDP–DP-LVNDS-NS (2004-2006) LSDP–DP-LVNDS (2006) LSDP (2006) | 9 (2004) | ||||||
13 | Gediminas Kirkilas (born 1951) | 6 July 2006 | 17 November 2008 | 2 years, 134 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) | Kirkilas LSDP-LVNDS-PDP-LiCS (2006-2007) LSDP (confidence and supply by Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)) (2006-2007) LSDP (2007-2008) LSDP-LVNDS-LiCS-PDP-NS (2008) | |||
14 | Andrius Kubilius (born 1956) | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | 4 years, 4 days | Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (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 (supported by LVNDS (2010)) (2011–2012) | 10 (2008) | ||
15 | Algirdas Butkevičius (born 1958) | 13 December 2012 | 13 December 2016 | 4 years, 0 days | Social Democratic (LSDP) | Butkevičius LSDP-DP-TT-LLRA (2012–2014) LSDP-DP-TT (2014–2016) | 11 (2012) | ||
16 | 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 (confidence and supply by Social Democratic Labour parliamentary group) (2017-2018) LVŽS-LSDDP (confidence and supply by TT) (2018–2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS-TT (2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS (confidence and supply by Parliamentary Group "For the Welfare of Lithuania (2019-2020) and Christian Union (2020)) (2019–2020) | 12 (2016) | ||
17 | Ingrida Šimonytė (born 1974) | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 51 days | Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) | Šimonytė TS-LKD-LRLS-LP | 13 (2020) | ||
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