6th President of Lithuania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valdas Adamkus (born 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian politician and engineer. He was the President of the Republic of Lithuania. He was born on November 3, 1926 in Kaunas, Lithuania. His birth name was Valdemaras Adamkavičius.
Valdas Adamkus | |
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President of Lithuania | |
In office 12 July 2004 – 12 July 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Algirdas Brazauskas Zigmantas Balčytis (Acting) Gediminas Kirkilas Andrius Kubilius |
Preceded by | Rolandas Paksas |
Succeeded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
In office 26 February 1998 – 26 February 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Gediminas Vagnorius Irena Degutienė (Acting) Rolandas Paksas Irena Degutienė (Acting) Andrius Kubilius Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas (Acting) Algirdas Brazauskas |
Preceded by | Algirdas Brazauskas |
Succeeded by | Rolandas Paksas |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 3 November 1926
Political party | Independent[1] |
Spouse(s) | Alma Adamkienė |
Profession | Civil engineer, civil servant |
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First elected in 1998, he ended his term in office in 2003. When Rolandas Paksas, the new elected president, was impeached and removed by the Lithuanian Parliament in 2004, Adamkus was re-elected. He chose not to run for re-election during the Lithuanian presidential election in 2009. He was succeeded on 12 July 2009 by Dalia Grybauskaitė.
In 1951, he married Alma Adamkienė.
Following the end of his term as president, Adamkus remained involved in international development, and a member of the European Academy of Diplomacy.
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