Vytautas Landsbergis

Professor Vytautas Landsbergis (born 18 October 1932) is a Lithuanian conservative politician and a former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first head of state of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas.

Vytautas Landsbergis
Chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania (de jure Head of State)
In office 11 March 1990 – 25 November 1992
Preceded by	Post created
Succeeded by	Algirdas Brazauskas (as the President of Lithuania) Česlovas Juršėnas (as the Acting Speaker of the Seimas)
Speaker of the Seimas
In office 25 November 1996 – 19 October 2000
Preceded by	Česlovas Juršėnas
Succeeded by	Artūras Paulauskas
Chairman of the Homeland Union
In office 1 May 1993 – 24 May 2003
Preceded by	Post created
Succeeded by	Andrius Kubilius
Member of the European Parliament for Lithuania
In office 2004–2014
Personal details
Born	(1932-10-18) 18 October 1932 Kaunas, Lithuania
Political party	Homeland Union
Spouse(s)	Gražina Ručytė-Landsbergienė
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Vytautas Landsbergis Media

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  Vytautas Landsbergis speaks at Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 50th Anniversary Rally in Kalnai Park, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1989.

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  Vytautas Landsbergis (in the middle) on 11 March 1990, after the promulgation of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania

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  Landsbergis with his wife during the inauguration of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, 2009

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  Vytautas Landsbergis plays piano in Sanok (Poland) at Cultural Center salon, 2013

Other websites

Media related to Vytautas Landsbergis at Wikimedia Commons

• Vytautas Landsbergis biography Archived 2004-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
• The Restoration of Lithuanian Independence Freedom Collection interview