Prime Minister of Lithuania

Prime Minister of Lithuania
Prime Minister of Lithuania
Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas
	Coat of arms of Lithuania
	Incumbent; Ingrida Šimonytė; since 11 December 2020
	Government of Lithuania
Style	Mister/Madam Prime Minister (informal); His/Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of government
Appointer	President
Term length	4 years; No term limit
Inaugural holder	Augustinas Voldemaras
Formation	11 November 1918; 105 years ago
Abolished	1940–1991
Salary	€6,000 per month
Website	https://ministraspirmininkas.lrv.lt/en/

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.

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.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office^[2]		Political party
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
10	Vladas Mironas (1880–1953)	5 December 1938	28 March 1939	Lithuanian Nationalist Union
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 (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
	Justas Paleckis (1899–1980)		17 June 1940	24 June 1940
	Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882–1954)		24 June 1940	1 July 1940

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR

Mečislovas Gedvilas (25 August 1940 – 2 April 1946) (in exile in the Russian SFSR 1941–1944)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR

Mečislovas Gedvilas (2 April 1946 – 16 January 1956)
Motiejus Šumauskas (16 January 1956 – 14 April 1967)
Juozas Maniušis (14 April 1967 – 16 January 1981)
Ringaudas Songaila (16 January 1981 – 18 November 1985)
Vytautas Sakalauskas (18 November 1985 – 17 March 1990)

Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)

Acting Prime Minister of the Provisional Government

Juozas Ambrazevičius (23 June 1941 – 5 August 1941)

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.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Cabinet	Seimas
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Cabinet	Seimas
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	8 (2000)
12		Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010)	29 November 2004	1 June 2006	4 years, 332 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Brazauskas II LSDP–DP-LVNDS-NS (2004–2006) LSDP–DP-LVNDS (2006) LSDP (2006)	9 (2004)
13		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 (confidence and supply by Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)) (2006-2007) LSDP (2007-2008) LSDP-LVNDS-LiCS-PDP-NS (2008)	9 (2004)
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, 324 days		Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD)	Šimonytė TS-LKD-LRLS-LP	13 (2020)

Timeline

References

^ "Darbo užmokestis".
^ ^a ^b "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Laikotarpiu 1918-1940". Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ 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)
^ "History". President of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

External links

(in Lithuanian) Official site

[1] "Darbo užmokestis".

[Iki1940-2] "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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v t e Prime ministers of Lithuania
1918–1940	Augustinas Voldemaras Mykolas Sleževičius Pranas Dovydaitis Mykolas Sleževičius Ernestas Galvanauskas Kazys Grinius Ernestas Galvanauskas Antanas Tumėnas Vytautas Petrulis Leonas Bistras Mykolas Sleževičius Augustinas Voldemaras Juozas Tūbelis Vladas Mironas Jonas Černius Antanas Merkys
Lithuanian SSR	Mečislovas Gedvilas Motiejus Šumauskas Juozas Maniušis Ringaudas Songaila Vytautas Sakalauskas
since 1990	Kazimira Prunskienė Albertas Šimėnas Gediminas Vagnorius Aleksandras Abišala Bronislovas Lubys Adolfas Šleževičius Laurynas Stankevičius Gediminas Vagnorius Irena Degutienė Rolandas Paksas Irena Degutienė Andrius Kubilius Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas Algirdas Brazauskas Zigmantas Balčytis Gediminas Kirkilas Andrius Kubilius Algirdas Butkevičius Saulius Skvernelis Ingrida Šimonytė
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