Jonas Staugaitis Explained

Jonas Staugaitis
Order:Acting President of Lithuania
Term Start:18 December 1926
Term End:19 December 1926
Predecessor:Kazys Grinius
Successor:Aleksandras Stulginskis (acting)
Office1:Speaker of the Seimas
President1:Aleksandras Stulginskis
Kazys Grinius
Term Start1:2 June 1926
Term End1:17 December 1926
Predecessor1:Vytautas Petrulis
Successor1:Aleksandras Stulginskis
Birth Date:20 May 1868
Birth Place:Omentiškiai, Suwalki Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Party:Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
Alma Mater:University of Warsaw

Jonas Staugaitis (; 20 May 1868 in Omentiškiai, Suwałki Governorate – 18 January 1952 in Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état.[1] He was formally elected for a few hours as the Speaker of the Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he also became the de jure President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete.

He was a medical doctor, having studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1919, he was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) as a member of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. On 2 June 1926, he was elected the speaker of Seimas.[2]

He is buried in the Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jonas Staugaitis. Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania. 17 October 2009. lt. 27 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227193415/http://www3.seimas.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=4160&p_d=44694&p_k=1. dead.
  2. Web site: Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai. 10 February 2020. Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas. lt.