Valdas Adamkus

Valdas Adamkus (born 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian politician and engineer. He was the President of the Republic of Lithuania. He was born on November 3, 1926 in Kaunas, Lithuania. His birth name was Valdemaras Adamkavičius.

His Excellency Valdas Adamkus
President of Lithuania
In office 12 July 2004 – 12 July 2009
Prime Minister	Algirdas Brazauskas Zigmantas Balčytis (Acting) Gediminas Kirkilas Andrius Kubilius
Preceded by	Rolandas Paksas
Succeeded by	Dalia Grybauskaitė
In office 26 February 1998 – 26 February 2003
Prime Minister	Gediminas Vagnorius Irena Degutienė (Acting) Rolandas Paksas Irena Degutienė (Acting) Andrius Kubilius Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas (Acting) Algirdas Brazauskas
Preceded by	Algirdas Brazauskas
Succeeded by	Rolandas Paksas
Personal details
Born	(1926-11-03) 3 November 1926 Kaunas, Lithuania
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Alma Adamkienė
Profession	Civil engineer, civil servant
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First elected in 1998, he ended his term in office in 2003. When Rolandas Paksas, the new elected president, was impeached and removed by the Lithuanian Parliament in 2004, Adamkus was re-elected. He chose not to run for re-election during the Lithuanian presidential election in 2009. He was succeeded on 12 July 2009 by Dalia Grybauskaitė.

In 1951, he married Alma Adamkienė.

Following the end of his term as president, Adamkus remained involved in international development, and a member of the European Academy of Diplomacy.

Valdas Adamkus Media

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  President Adamkus meeting with Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney in Lithuania. The meeting took place during the Vilnius Conference 2006: Common Visions for Common Neighborhoods.

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  Adamkus shaking hands with George W. Bush in the Presidential Palace in Vilnius. In the background is a copy of a famous sculpture by Juozas Zikaras, the Statue of Liberty.

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  Mikheil Saakashvili, Lech Kaczyński and Valdas Adamkus in Tbilisi, November 2007

Other websites

Media related to Valdas Adamkus at Wikimedia Commons

• Website of the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus Archived 2007-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (in English, Lithuanian, and Russian)
• The Official Website of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
• Videos of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
• 2005 Interview with a Ukrainian journalist Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Acknowledgement of lifetime achievements at the US EPA
• European Voice – Mister persistent Valdas Adamkus
• Institution of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine