Prime Minister of Lithuania explained

Post:Prime Minister
Body:Lithuania
Native Name:Lithuanian: Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas
Insignia:Coat of arms of Lithuania.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Lithuania
Incumbent:Ingrida Šimonytė
Incumbentsince:11 December 2020
Type:Head of government
Department:Government of Lithuania
Appointer:President
Termlength:4 years
No term limit
Inaugural:Augustinas Voldemaras
Abolished:1940–1991
Salary:€6,000 per month[1]
Website:https://ministraspirmininkas.lrv.lt/en/

The prime minister of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Ministras Pirmininkas; "Minister-Chairman") 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)

Name
PortraitTerm of office[2] Political party
1Augustinas Voldemaras

1st time
11 November 191826 December 1918Party of National Progress
2Mykolas Sleževičius

1st time
26 December 19185 March 1919Peasant Union
3Pranas Dovydaitis
13 March 191912 April 1919Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
Mykolas Sleževičius

2nd time
12 April 19192 October 1919Peasant Union
4Ernestas Galvanauskas

1st time
7 October 191915 June 1920Independent
5Kazys Grinius
19 June 192018 January 1922Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
Ernestas Galvanauskas

2nd time
2 February 192217 June 1924Independent
6Antanas Tumėnas
18 June 192427 January 1925Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
7Vytautas Petrulis
4 February 192519 September 1925Farmers' Association
8Leonas Bistras
25 September 192531 May 1926Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
Mykolas Sleževičius

3rd time
15 June 192617 December 1926Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
Augustinas Voldemaras

2nd time
17 December 192619 September 1929Lithuanian Nationalist Union
9Juozas Tūbelis
23 September 19298 June 1934Lithuanian Nationalist Union
12 June 19346 September 1935
6 September 193524 March 1938
10Vladas Mironas
24 March 19385 December 1938Lithuanian Nationalist Union
5 December 193828 March 1939
11Jonas Černius
28 March 193921 November 1939Lithuanian Nationalist Union
12Antanas Merkys
21 November 193915 June 1940Lithuanian 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.

Name
PortraitTerm of officePolitical party
Justas Paleckis
17 June 194024 June 1940
Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius
24 June 19401 July 1940

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

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

Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)

Acting Prime Minister of the Provisional Government

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:

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetSeimas
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė

1990

1991
Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)

Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
2Albertas Šimėnas

1991

1991
Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)

3Gediminas Vagnorius

1991

1992
Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)

4Aleksandras Abišala

1992

1992
Independent
(endorsed by Sąjūdis)

5Bronislovas Lubys

1992

1993
Independent
(endorsed by Democratic Labour Party)

6
6Adolfas Šleževičius

1993

1996
Democratic Labour Party
(LDDP)

7Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius

1996

1996
Democratic Labour Party
(LDDP)

8Gediminas Vagnorius

1996

1999
Homeland Union (Conservatives)
(TS)

7
9Rolandas Paksas

1999

1999
Homeland Union (Conservatives)
(TS)

10Andrius Kubilius

1999

2000
Homeland Union (Conservatives)
(TS)

11Rolandas Paksas

2000

2001
LLS
(LLS)

8
12Algirdas Brazauskas

2001

2004
Social Democrats
(LSDP)


2004

2006

9
13Gediminas Kirkilas

2006

2008
Social Democrats
(LSDP)

14Andrius Kubilius

2008

2012
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
(TS-LKD)

10
15Algirdas Butkevičius

2012

2016
Social Democratic
(LSDP)

11
16Saulius Skvernelis

2016

2020
Independent
(endorsed by Farmers and Greens Union)

12
17Ingrida Šimonytė

2020
IncumbentHomeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
(TS-LKD)

13

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Darbo užmokestis.
  2. Web site: Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Laikotarpiu 1918-1940. Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 9 May 2016.
  3. Book: Senn. Alfred Erich. Lithuania 1940: Revolution from Above. 2007. Rodopi. 9789042022256. 147–148. 9 May 2016.
  4. Web site: History. President of the Republic of Lithuania. 9 May 2016.