Prime Minister of Lithuania

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Prime Minister of Lithuania
Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas (Lithuanian)
Coat of arms of Lithuania.svg
Ingrida Simonyte 2019 crop 2.jpg
since 11 December 2020
Government of Lithuania
Style Madam Prime Minister (informal)
Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Type Head of government
StatusŠimonytė is currently acting as Prime Minister until Gintautas Paluckas is officially sworn in
Appointer President
Term length 4 years
No term limit
Formation11 November 1918;106 years ago (1918-11-11)
First holder Augustinas Voldemaras
Abolished 1940–1991
Salary€6,000 per month [1]
Website Official website

The prime minister of Lithuania (Lithuanian : Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas) 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.

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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.

List

Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of office [2] Political partyGovernment
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Augustinas Voldemaras.jpg Augustinas Voldemaras
(1883–1942)
1st time
11 November 191826 December 191845 days Party of National Progress Voldemaras I
2 Slezevicius Mykolas (3x4 cropped).jpg Mykolas Sleževičius
(1882–1939)
1st time
26 December 19185 March 191969 days Peasant Union Sleževičius I
3 Pranas Dovydaitis (3x4 cropped).jpg Pranas Dovydaitis
(1886–1942)
13 March 191912 April 191938 days Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Dovydaitis
(2) Slezevicius Mykolas (3x4 cropped).jpg Mykolas Sleževičius
(1882–1939)
2nd time
12 April 19192 October 1919173 days Peasant Union Sleževičius II
4 Ernestas-Galvanauskas.jpg Ernestas Galvanauskas
(1882–1967)
1st time
7 October 191915 June 1920252 days Independent Galvanauskas I
5 Kazys Grinius (3x4 cropped).jpg Kazys Grinius
(1866–1950)
19 June 192018 January 19221 year, 213 days Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union Grinius
(4) Ernestas-Galvanauskas.jpg Ernestas Galvanauskas
(1882–1967)
2nd time
2 February 192217 June 19242 years, 136 days Independent Galvanauskas IIIIIIV
6 No image.svg Antanas Tumėnas
(1880–1946)
18 June 192427 January 1925223 days Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Tumėnas
7 Petrulis Vyautas (3x4 cropped).jpg Vytautas Petrulis
(1890–1942)
4 February 192519 September 1925227 days Farmers' Association Petrulis
8 Leonas Bistras.jpg Leonas Bistras
(1890–1971)
25 September 192531 May 1926248 days Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Bistras
(2) Slezevicius Mykolas (3x4 cropped).jpg Mykolas Sleževičius
(1882–1939)
3rd time
15 June 192617 December 1926185 days Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union Sleževičius III
(1) Augustinas Voldemaras.jpg Augustinas Voldemaras
(1883–1942)
2nd time
17 December 192619 September 19292 years, 276 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Voldemaras II
9 Tubelis Juozas (3x4 cropped).jpg Juozas Tūbelis
(1882–1939)
23 September 192924 March 19388 years, 182 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Tūbelis IIIIII
10 Vladas Mironas.jpg Vladas Mironas
(1880–1953)
24 March 193828 March 19391 year, 4 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Mironas III
11 Jonas Cernius (3x4 cropped).jpg Jonas Černius
(1898–1977)
28 March 193921 November 1939238 days Lithuanian Nationalist Union Černius
12 Antanas Merkys (3x4 cropped).jpg Antanas Merkys
(1887–1955)
21 November 193915 June 1940207 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.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officePolitical partyGovernment
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Justas Paleckis 1961c (3x4 cropped).jpg Justas Paleckis
(1899–1980)
17 June 194024 June 19407 days Communist Party of Lithuania
Kreve MickeviciusV (3x4 cropped).jpg Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius
(1882–1954)
24 June 19401 July 19407 days Communist Party of Lithuania People's Government

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR
1 No image.png Mečislovas Gedvilas
(1901–1981)
(in exile in the Russian SFSR 1941–1944)
25 August 19402 April 19465 years, 220 days Communist Party of Lithuania
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
1 No image.png Mečislovas Gedvilas
(1901–1981)
2 April 194616 January 19569 years, 289 days Communist Party of Lithuania
2 No image.png Motiejus Šumauskas
(1905–1982)
16 January 195614 April 196711 years, 88 days Communist Party of Lithuania
3 No image.png Juozas Maniušis
(1910–1987)
14 April 196716 January 198113 years, 277 days Communist Party of Lithuania
4 No image.png Ringaudas Songaila
(1929–2019)
16 January 198118 November 19854 years, 306 days Communist Party of Lithuania
5 No image.png Vytautas Sakalauskas
(1933–2001)
18 November 198517 March 19904 years, 119 days Communist Party of Lithuania

Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officeGovernment
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Juozas Ambrazevicius-Brazaitis.jpg Juozas Ambrazevičius
(1903–1974)
acting
23 June 19415 August 194143 days Provisional Government

Republic of Lithuania (1990–present)

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.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officePolitical partyGovernment
coalition
Seimas
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Kazimiera Prunskiene.png Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė
(born 1943)
17 March 199010 January 1991299 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)
Prunskienė
Sąjūdis
Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990)
2 Simenas.jpg Albertas Šimėnas
(born 1950)
10 January 199113 January 19913 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)
Šimėnas
Sąjūdis
3 Gediminas Vagnorius (1996).png Gediminas Vagnorius
(born 1957)
13 January 199121 July 19921 year, 190 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)
Vagnorius I
Sąjūdis
4 Aleksandras Abisala 2008.03.31.jpg Aleksandras Abišala
(born 1955)
21 July 199226 November 1992128 days Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)
Abišala
Sąjūdis
5 BronislLubys (cropped).jpg Bronislovas Lubys
(1938–2011)
12 December 199210 March 199388 days Independent
(endorsed by Democratic Labour Party)
Lubys
LDDP
6 (1992)
6 Slezevicius.jpg Adolfas Šleževičius
(1948–2022)
10 March 19938 February 19962 years, 335 days Democratic Labour Party
(LDDP)
Šleževičius
LDDP
7 Noimage.png Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius
(1935–2017)
23 February 199619 November 1996270 days Democratic Labour Party
(LDDP)
Stankevičius
LDDP
(3) Gediminas Vagnorius (1996).png Gediminas Vagnorius
(born 1957)
4 December 19963 May 19992 years, 150 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD)
Vagnorius II
TSLKDP
7 (1996)
8 PAKSAS Rolandas.png Rolandas Paksas
(born 1956)
1 June 199927 October 1999148 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD)
Paksas I
TSLKDP
Vilna tiekas Baltijas valstu parlamentu priekssedetajas (8168896707) (cropped).jpg Irena Degutienė
(born 1949)
acting
27 October 19993 November 19997 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD)
Paksas I
TSLKDP
9 AndriusKubilius.jpg Andrius Kubilius
(born 1956)
3 November 199919 October 2000351 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD)
Kubilius I
TSLKDP
(8) PAKSAS Rolandas.png Rolandas Paksas
(born 1956)
27 October 200020 June 2001236 days Liberal Union of Lithuania
(LLS)
Paksas II
LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA
8 (2000)
Eugenijus Gentvilas by Augustas Didzgalvis (3x4 cropped).jpg Eugenijus Gentvilas
(born 1960)
acting
20 June 20014 July 200114 days Liberal Union of Lithuania
(LLS)
Paksas II
LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA
10 Algirdas Brazauskas 1998.jpg Algirdas Brazauskas
(1932–2010)
4 July 20011 June 20064 years, 332 days Social Democrats
(LSDP)
Brazauskas I
LSDP-NS
Brazauskas II
LSDPDP-LVNDS-NS (2004–2006)
LSDPDP-LVNDS (2006)
LSDP (2006)
9 (2004)
Min-Balcytis.jpg Zigmantas Balčytis
(born 1953)
acting
1 June 200618 July 200647 days Social Democrats
(LSDP)
Brazauskas II
LSDP
11 Gediminas Kirkilas 2007.jpg Gediminas Kirkilas
(1951–2024)
6 July 200617 November 20082 years, 134 days Social Democrats
(LSDP)
Kirkilas
LSDP-LVNDS-PDP-LiCS (2006–2007)
LSDP (2006–2008)
LSDP-LVNDS-LiCS-PDP-NS (2008)
(9) AndriusKubilius.jpg Andrius Kubilius
(born 1956)
9 December 200813 December 20124 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 Butkevicius 2015.jpg Algirdas Butkevičius
(born 1958)
13 December 201213 December 20164 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.jpg Saulius Skvernelis
(born 1970)
13 December 201611 December 20203 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 Simonyte 2019 crop 2 (3x4 cropped).jpg Ingrida Šimonytė
(born 1974)
11 December 2020Incumbent3 years, 354 days Homeland Union
(TS-LKD)
Šimonytė
TS-LKD-LRLS-LP
13 (2020)
15 Gintautas Paluckas VRK.jpg Gintautas Paluckas
(born 1979)
TBD Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
(LSDP)
Paluckas
LSDP-PPNA-DSVL
14 (2024)

    See also

    Timeline

    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 VoldemarasPrime Minister of Lithuania

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