Vytautas Sakalauskas

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Vytautas Sakalauskas (24 April 1933 – 29 May 2001) was a Soviet Lithuanian politician who was the last Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic before Lithuanian independence in 1990.

After graduation from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute in 1957, Sakalauskas worked in engineering and transportation departments of various communist institutions until 1969.^[1] He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1960. From 1969 to 1983, he was a member of the Vilnius branch of the Lithuanian Communist Party, becoming branch's first secretary in 1974.^[1] Sakalauskas was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in 1974 and the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR in 1976. From 1985 to 1990, he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers (equivalent to Prime Minister).

Sakalauskas was not re-elected to the Supreme Soviet in the parliamentary elections in 1990^[2] and largely retired from Lithuanian politics. He headed Soviet trade mission in Maputo, Mozambique.^[3] In preparation for the events of January 1991, KGB brought Sakalauskas to Moscow in an attempt to recruit him for the planned coup by the National Salvation Committee. Sakalauskas was offered to head the planned pro-Moscow government, but he refused and returned to Mozambique.^[4] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he returned to Lithuania and worked in private sector.^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 (Lithuanian) Jonas Zinkus, et al., ed. (1985–1988). "Sakalauskas, Vytautas". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija III. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 611. LCC 86232954. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Senn, Afred Erich (1995). Gorbachev's Failure in Lithuania. St. Martin's Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-312-12457-0.
↑ Pokorný, Dušan (1993). Efficiency and Justice in the Industrial World: The failure of the Soviet experiment. M.E. Sharpe. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-56324-139-0.
↑ Senn, Afred Erich (1995). Gorbachev's Failure in Lithuania. St. Martin's Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0-312-12457-0.
↑ Baltic News Service (31 May 2001). "Mirė sovietmečio Lietuvos premjeras V.Sakalauskas". Delfi.lt.

v t e Prime Ministers of Lithuania

1918–1940	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

Lithuanian SSR	Mečislovas Gedvilas Motiejus Šumauskas Juozas Maniušis Ringaudas Songaila Vytautas Sakalauskas

since 1990	Kazimira Prunskienė Albertas Šimėnas Gediminas Vagnorius Aleksandras Abišala Bronislovas Lubys Adolfas Šleževičius Laurynas Stankevičius Gediminas Vagnorius Irena Degutienė Rolandas Paksas Irena Degutienė Andrius Kubilius Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas Algirdas Brazauskas Zigmantas Balčytis Gediminas Kirkilas Andrius Kubilius Algirdas Butkevičius

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Persondata
Name	Sakalauskas, Vytautas
Alternative names
Short description	Lithuanian politician
Date of birth	24 April 1933
Place of birth
Date of death	29 May 2001
Place of death

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