Jonas Staugaitis

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Jonas Staugaitis (sitting first from the left) in 1918
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Jonas Staugaitis (sitting first from the left) in 1918

Jonas Staugaitis (pronunciation (help·info), (May 20, 1868 – January 18, 1952) was the fourth President of Lithuania (1926), formally, for one day, as the head of Seimas. He renounced the office after a coup d'etat.

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

He is buried in Petrašiūnai cemetery (Kaunas).

See also: List of Presidents of Lithuania

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


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