People of the Revolution and the USSR
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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
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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
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Albertas Šimėnas Albertas Šimėnas
Economist-statesman of restored independence, Lithuania's shortest-serving premier
Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions
1950–