Kazimira Prunskienė

Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (pronunciation (help·info)) (b. February 26, 1943, Švenčionys district municipality) was the first Prime Minister of Lithuania after the declaration of independence of March 11, 1990.

Currently she is Minister of Agriculture as well as leader of the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union.

She ran in the Lithuanian presidential election, 2004 against the current president, Valdas Adamkus. She hoped to receive votes from supporters of impeached former president Rolandas Paksas. She took second place in the first round and was defeated in the runoff.

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Preceded by None	Prime Minister of Lithuania (Acting) March 11, 1990 – March 17, 1990	Succeeded by Herself (as Prime Minister)
Preceded by Herself (as acting Prime Minister)	Prime Minister of Lithuania March 17, 1990 – January 10, 1991	Succeeded by Albertas Šimėnas

Prime Ministers of Lithuania
	Prime Ministers	Augustinas Voldemaras \| Mykolas Sleževičius \| Pranas Dovydaitis \| Mykolas Sleževičius \| Ernestas Galvanauskas \| Kazys Grinius \| Ernestas Galvanauskas \| Antanas Tumėnas \| Vytautas Petrulis \| Leonas Bistras \| Mykolas Sleževičius \| Augustinas Voldemaras \| Juozas Tūbelis \| Vladas Mironas \| Jonas Černius \| Antanas Merkys
	LSSR Premiers	Mečislovas Gedvilas \| Motiejus Šumauskas \| Juozas Maniušis \| Ringaudas Songaila \| Vytautas Sakalauskas
	Prime Ministers	Kazimira Prunskienė \| Albertas Šimėnas \| Gediminas Vagnorius \| Aleksandras Abišala \| Bronislovas Lubys \| Adolfas Šleževičius \| Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius \| Gediminas Vagnorius \| Irena Degutienė* \| Rolandas Paksas \| Irena Degutienė* \| Andrius Kubilius \| Rolandas Paksas \| Eugenijus Gentvilas* \| Algirdas Brazauskas \| Zigmantas Balčytis* \| Gediminas Kirkilas * denotes acting