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9 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Antanas Smetona Antanas Smetona Lithuania's first president who led the declaration of independence, later leader of the 1926 coup Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1874–1944
Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius Lithuanian writer who led the “People’s Government” of 1940 and resigned after Molotov told him the Baltic states would join the USSR Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1882–1954
Augustinas Voldemaras Augustinas Voldemaras Lithuania's first prime minister, later leader of the far-right Iron Wolf Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1883–1942
Antanas Merkys Antanas Merkys Last prime minister of independent Lithuania, who accepted the Soviet ultimatum of 1940, took the presidency and handed power to Paleckis Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1887–1955
Kazys Škirpa Kazys Škirpa Lithuanian officer and envoy in Berlin who founded the Lithuanian Activist Front behind the June Uprising of 1941 Diplomacy and international organization · Lithuania state institutions 1895–1979
Jonas Žemaitis Jonas Žemaitis Officer who founded the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters in 1949 and led the partisan resistance as its chairman Military command 1909–1954
Algirdas Brazauskas Algirdas Brazauskas The communist who split his party from Moscow and became independent Lithuania's first president Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–2010
Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė She tried to negotiate independence through pragmatism; her resignation removed the last obstacle to the military option Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1943–2026
Albertas Šimėnas Albertas Šimėnas Economist-statesman of restored independence, Lithuania's shortest-serving premier Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1950–