Jonas Staugaitis
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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'état.
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 |
| Leaders of Lithuania since 1919 | ||
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Presidents |
Antanas Smetona | Aleksandras Stulginskis | Kazys Grinius | Jonas Staugaitis* | Aleksandras Stulginskis* | Antanas Smetona | Antanas Merkys* | Justas Paleckis |
| LKP First Secretaries |
Antanas Sniečkus | Petras Griškevičius | Ringaudas Songaila | Algirdas Brazauskas |
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| Presidents |
Vytautas Landsbergis | Algirdas Brazauskas | Valdas Adamkus | Rolandas Paksas | Artūras Paulauskas* | Valdas Adamkus |
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