Aleksandras Stulginskis
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Aleksandras Stulginskis | |
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2nd President of Lithuania | |
In office 19 June 1920 – 7 June 1926 | |
Preceded by | Antanas Smetona |
Succeeded by | Kazys Grinius |
Acting President of Lithuania | |
In office 19 December 1926 – 19 December 1926 | |
Preceded by | Jonas Staugaitis (acting) |
Succeeded by | Antanas Smetona |
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania | |
In office 15 May 1920 – 6 October 1922 | |
Preceded by | Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Leonas Bistras (as Speaker of the Seimas) |
Personal details | |
Born | Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | 26 February 1885
Nationality | Lithuanian |
Political party | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party |
Aleksandras Stulginskis [ɐlʲɛkˈsɐ̂ˑndrɐs stʊlʲˈɡʲɪ̂nʲsʲkʲɪs] ⓘ (26 February 1885 – 22 September 1969) was the second President of Lithuania (1920–1926). Stulginskis was also acting President of Lithuania for a few hours later in 1926, following a military coup that was led by his predecessor, President Antanas Smetona, and which had brought down Stulginskis's successor, Kazys Grinius. The coup returned Smetona to office after Stulginskis's brief formal assumption of the Presidency.
He began his theological studies in
During World War I he moved to Vilnius. He was one of the founders of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the head of its Central Committee in 1917. He signed the memorandum for the president Woodrow Wilson, addressing the question of the recognition of the Lithuanian statehood by the United States. Contrary to Smetona's views, Stulginskis was oriented towards the Entente. He was one of co-organizers of the Vilnius Conference. After, he was elected to the Council of Lithuania.
On 16 February 1918 he signed the
Many times served as a minister, May 1920 – 1922 he was Speaker of the
He withdrew from politics in 1927, and worked on his farm. In 1941 Stulginskis and his wife were arrested by the Soviet NKVD and deported to a gulag in the Krasnoyarsk region, while his wife was deported to the Komi area. After World War II in 1952 he was officially sentenced by the Soviet authorities to 25 years in prison for his anti-socialist and clerical policies in pre-war Lithuania.
Released after
See also
- List of presidents of Lithuania
References
- ^ "Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas. 10 February 2020.
- Stulginskis, Aleksandras. Encyclopedia Lituanica V: 314–316. (1970–1978). Ed. Simas Sužiedėlis. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. LCCN 74-114275.
- President of Lithuania: Prisoner of the Gulag a Biography of Aleksandras Stulginskis by Afonsas Eidintas Genocide and Research Center of Lithuania ISBN 9986-757-41-X.