Albertas Šimėnas

Albertas Šimėnas (born 17 February 1950) was Prime Minister of Lithuania for 3 days, from 10 to 13 January 1991. He disappeared during the January Events and was replaced by Gediminas Vagnorius.

Albertas Šimėnas
Šimėnas in 1990
2nd Prime Minister of Lithuania
In office 10 January 1991 – 13 January 1991
Preceded by	Kazimiera Prunskienė
Succeeded by	Gediminas Vagnorius
Minister of Economy of Lithuania
In office 30 May 1992 – 21 July 1992
Preceded by	Vytas Navickas
Succeeded by	Vytas Navickas
Member of the Seimas
In office 25 November 1996 – 18 October 2000
Constituency	Druskininkai
Personal details
Born	(1950-02-17) 17 February 1950 (age 74) Papiliai, Lithuanian SSR
Political party	Independent (1990) Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (1994-2004) Homeland Union (since 2008)
Other political affiliations	Sąjūdis (1990–1992)
Alma mater	Vilnius University

Šimėnas graduated from the Vilnius University in 1972 with a degree in economics. He lectured at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University from 1984 to 1989.^[1] He joined activities of Sąjūdis movement and was elected to the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas. On 11 March 1990 he signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, declaring Lithuania's independence from the Soviet Union. In January 1991, when the first government led by Kazimira Prunskienė resigned due to rising prices, Šimėnas became the Prime Minister of a largely unchanged government.^[2] However, as the Soviet Army entered Vilnius and surrounded key buildings, Šimėnas disappeared. In an emergency session, Gediminas Vagnorius took over his cabinet and became the Prime Minister. Šimėnas suddenly reappeared on 14 January.^[3] He joined Vagnorius' government as the Minister of Economy on 30 May 1991 and served until the government resigned on 21 July 1992.^[4] In 1994, he joined the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and was elected to the Seventh Seimas in 1996.^[1] He ran unsuccessfully in the 2004 Seimas and European Parliament elections, after which he joined the private sector.

Šimėnas published several academic papers on economy and a monograph about economic reforms in Lithuania from 1990 to 1994.

References

1. "Albertas ŠIMĖNAS" (in Lithuanian). Seimas. 2001. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
2. "Red Army clamps curfew on two Lithuanian cities". Straits Times. 14 January 1991.
3. "Former Premier Simenas reappears at Supreme Council". BBC Monitoring Service. 14 January 1991.
4. "Ankstesnės vyriausybės > Po 1990 metų" (in Lithuanian). Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 2008-09-03.

Preceded by Kazimira Prunskienė	Prime Minister of Lithuania 10 January 1991 – 13 January 1991	Succeeded by Gediminas Vagnorius