Alma Adamkienė

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Alma Adamkienė in Vilnius, 2004

Alma Adamkienė (right) with Laura Bush.

Alma Adamkienė (born Alma Nutautaitė on February 10, 1927) is the wife of the President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, and is the current First Lady. She also holds a United States citizenship.

Her father, Stasys Nutautas, was a businessman; her mother, Ona Soblytė-Nutautienė, assisted her husband in various commercial activities. In 1944, when the Soviet Army returned to Lithuania, Alma Nutautaitė fled with her family to the West. She finished high school in Germany and later studied Philology at Erlangen University in Nuremberg.

Alma Nutautaitė emigrated to the United States of America in 1949. She first worked as a laboratory assistant at a steel factory. Later, she took a position with an insurance company. She also organized and participated in Lithuanian émigré activities. Alma Nutautaitė married Valdas Adamkus in 1951, and took her husband's surname (she is known as Alma Adamkus in the United States).

During the Presidential election held in Lithuania in 1997, Valdas Adamkus campaigned for the Presidency and won. After Adamkus became President, Adamkienė became involved in various Lithuanian social programs. She opened a foundation called the “Alma Adamkienė Charity and Support Fund” in 1999. It is an activity in which she is still currently involved.