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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 Kapsukas Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas Founder of the Lithuanian Communist Party who headed Soviet Lithuania and Litbel Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1880–1935
Zigmas Angarietis Zigmas Angarietis Interior commissar of Soviet Lithuania, a Lithuanian communist leader killed in the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Lithuania state institutions 1882–1940
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