Ringaudas Songaila

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Ringaudas Songaila
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
In office
16 January 1981 – 18 November 1985
Preceded byJuozas Maniušis
Succeeded byVytautas Sakalauskas
Personal details
Born(1929-04-20)20 April 1929
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Died25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 90)
Trakai, Lithuania[1]
Political partyCommunist Party of Lithuania
Occupationveterinarian
politician

Ringaudas Bronislovas Songaila (20 April 1929

nomenclatura. In 1987–1988, he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania
or the de facto head of state.

Biography

Songaila was born in

Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (1985–1987; de jure head of state),[4] and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania (December 1987 – October 1988; de facto head of state).[3]

He was described as a "bland" and indecisive but loyal communist who stayed away from political intrigues and showed interest only in agricultural matters.[3] When Songaila ordered KGB and Internal Troops to forcibly disperse a rally of the radical pro-independence Lithuanian Liberty League on 28 September 1988, he was forced to resign one month later.[5] He was replaced by Algirdas Brazauskas, who supported Sąjūdis movement and Lithuania's declaration of independence in March 1990.

After the resignation, Songaila retired from public life and died on 25 June 2019 at the age of 90.[3] He was buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ringaudas Bronislovas Songaila". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. 24 January 2020 [2012].
  2. ISBN 978-0-8108-4914-3
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  3. ^ a b c d e Vaitelė, Tomas (14 July 2019). "Anapilin iškeliavusio sovietinės Lietuvos vadovo klystkeliai: po "bananų baliaus" tapo visų užmiršta praeities šmėkla" (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. LCCN 86232954
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  5. ISBN 978-0-521-00148-9
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  6. ^ Jockus, Arvydas (28 June 2019). "Mirė "bananų baliaus" organizatorius R.Songaila" (in Lithuanian). Alfa.lt via Vakarų ekspresas. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
Party political offices
Preceded by First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania
1987–1988 		Succeeded by
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