Jonas Staugaitis

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Jonas Staugaitis.

Jonas Staugaitis ( pronunciation (help·info); May 20, 1868 in Omentiškiai, Vilkaviškis District Municipality – January 18, 1952 in Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état.^[1] He was formally elected for few hours as the Speaker of Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he became de jure the President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete.

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

He is buried in Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

References

↑ (Lithuanian) "Jonas Staugaitis". Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

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

v t e Leaders of Lithuania since 1919

Presidents (1919–1940)	Antanas Smetona Aleksandras Stulginskis Kazys Grinius Jonas Staugaitis Aleksandras Stulginskis Antanas Smetona Antanas Merkys Justas Paleckis¹

LKP First Secretaries²	Antanas Sniečkus Petras Griškevičius Ringaudas Songaila Algirdas Brazauskas

Presidents (since 1990)	Vytautas Landsbergis³ Algirdas Brazauskas Valdas Adamkus Rolandas Paksas Artūras Paulauskas Valdas Adamkus Dalia Grybauskaitė

¹ Not recognized as a legitimate president ² De facto heads of state; de jure heads of state were Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ³ Was head of state, but not recognized as president Italics denote acting leaders

Persondata
Name	Staugaitis, Jonas
Alternative names
Short description	President of Lithuania
Date of birth	May 20, 1868
Place of birth
Date of death	January 18, 1952
Place of death

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