Jonas Staugaitis

Jonas Staugaitis.

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

He was a doctor, having studied at the Warsaw University. In 1919, he was elected to Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) as a member of the Lithuanian Peasant Populist Party. On June 2, 1926, he was elected the head of Seimas.

He is buried in Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

References

↑ "Jonas Staugaitis" (in Lithuanian). Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

Preceded by Kazys Grinius	President of Lithuania 18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926	Succeeded by Aleksandras Stulginskis

Leaders of Lithuania since 1919

Presidents (1919–1940)	Antanas Smetona Aleksandras Stulginskis Kazys Grinius Jonas Staugaitis Aleksandras Stulginskis Antanas Smetona Antanas Merkys¹ Justas Paleckis¹

LKP First Secretaries²	Antanas Sniečkus Petras Griškevičius Ringaudas Songaila Algirdas Brazauskas

Presidents (since 1990)	Vytautas Landsbergis³ Algirdas Brazauskas Valdas Adamkus Rolandas Paksas Artūras Paulauskas Valdas Adamkus Dalia Grybauskaitė

¹ Not recognized as a legitimate president ² De facto heads of state; de jure heads of state were Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ³ Was head of state, but not recognized as president Italics denote acting leaders

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