Česlovas Juršėnas | |
Order: | Speaker of Seimas |
Term Start: | 1 April 2008 |
Term End: | 14 November 2008 |
Predecessor: | Viktoras Muntianas |
Successor: | Arūnas Valinskas |
Term Start2: | 25 February 1993 |
Term End2: | 25 November 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Himself (acting) |
Successor2: | Vytautas Landsbergis |
Order3: | Acting Speaker of Seimas |
Term Start3: | 25 November 1992 |
Term End3: | 25 February 1993 |
Predecessor3: | Algirdas Brazauskas |
Successor3: | Himself |
Term Start4: | 6 April 2004 |
Term End4: | 12 July 2004 |
Subterm4: | Acting for |
Suboffice4: | Artūras Paulauskas |
Birth Date: | 18 May 1938 |
Birth Place: | Panižiškė, Poland |
Party: | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (since 2001) Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (1990-2001) Communist Party of Lithuania (until 1989) |
Spouse: | Jadvyga Juršėnienė |
Children: | Saulius Juršėnas |
Česlovas Juršėnas (born 18 May 1938[1]) is a Lithuanian politician and a former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.
In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school (now Ignalina Česlovas Kudaba Progymnasium) with a gold medal and entered Vilnius State University of Vincas Kapsukas, graduating in 1960.[2]
During 1960–1964 Juršėnas was an employee of a newspaper Tiesa.
He was a signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania on 11 March 1990.[1]
Juršėnas has published several books about politics and the world.[1]