Kazys Grinius
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Third President of Lithuania
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| In office June 7, 1926 – December 17, 1926 |
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| Preceded by | Aleksandras Stulginskis |
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| Succeeded by | Jonas Staugaitis |
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| Born | December 17, 1866 Selima, Lithuania |
| Died | June 4, 1950 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Political party | Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union |
| Spouse | Joana Pavalkytė-Griniuvienė |
Kazys Grinius (pronunciation (help·info), December 17, 1866 – June 4, 1950) was the third President of Lithuania, from June 7, 1926 to December 17, 1926.
When Grinius was born in Selema, near Marijampolė, Lithuania was part of the Russian empire. As a young man, he became involved in Lithuanian political activities, and was persecuted by the Tsarist authorities.
In 1896 he married Joana Pavalkytė. For some time they lived in Virbalis. In 1899 son Kazys was born. In 1902 daughter Gražina was born. During World War I they lived in Kislovodsk. In 1918 during Red Army attack his wife and daughter were killed. They were burried in Kislovodsk cemetery.
When Lithuania regained its independence in 1918, Grinius became a member of the National Assembly as a member of the Peasant Populist Party. He served as Prime Minister from 1920 until 1922, and signed a treaty with the Soviet Union. He was elected President in 1926, but served for only six months, as he was deposed in a coup led by Antanas Smetona, under the pretext that there was an imminent communist plot to take over Lithuania. (Smetona took the Presidency after two others held the office for less than a day each.)
When Germany invaded Lithuania in 1941, Grinius refused to collaborate with the Germans because of his opposition to the occupation of Lithuania by any foreign power. He fled to the West, when the Soviet army reoccupied Lithuania in 1944, and emigrated to the United States in 1947.
He died in Chicago, Illinois, in 1950. After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, his remains were returned and buried in Lithuania.
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| Preceded by Ernestas Galvanauskas |
Prime Minister of Lithuania 19 June, 1920 – 2 February 1922 |
Succeeded by Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| Preceded by Aleksandras Stulginskis |
President of Lithuania June 7, 1926 – 18 December 1926 |
Succeeded by Jonas Staugaitis |
| Prime Ministers of Lithuania | ||
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| NAME | Grinius, Kazys |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Third President of Lithuania from 7 June 1926 until 17 December 1926 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17 December 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4 June 1950 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Chicago, Illinois |
