Prime Minister of Lithuania explained

The prime minister of Lithuania (lt|Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas) is the head of government of Lithuania. The prime minister is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. The modern office of prime minister was established in 1990, when Lithuania declared its independence, although the official title was "Chairperson of the Council of Ministers" until 25 November 1992.

Historically, the title of prime minister was also used between 1918 and 1940. This was during the original Republic of Lithuania, which lasted from the collapse of the Russian Empire until the country's annexation by the Soviet Union.

List

Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office[2]			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Augustinas Voldemaras 1st time	11 November 1918	26 December 1918			Party of National Progress	Voldemaras I
2		Mykolas Sleževičius 1st time	26 December 1918	5 March 1919			Peasant Union	Sleževičius I
3		Pranas Dovydaitis	13 March 1919	12 April 1919			Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	Dovydaitis
		Mykolas Sleževičius 2nd time	12 April 1919	2 October 1919			Peasant Union	Sleževičius II
4		Ernestas Galvanauskas 1st time	7 October 1919	15 June 1920			Independent	Galvanauskas I
5		Kazys Grinius	19 June 1920	18 January 1922			Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union	Grinius
		Ernestas Galvanauskas 2nd time	2 February 1922	17 June 1924			Independent	Galvanauskas II–III–IV
6		Antanas Tumėnas	18 June 1924	27 January 1925			Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	Tumėnas
7		Vytautas Petrulis	4 February 1925	19 September 1925			Farmers' Association	Petrulis
8		Leonas Bistras	25 September 1925	31 May 1926			Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	Bistras
		Mykolas Sleževičius 3rd time	15 June 1926	17 December 1926			Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union	Sleževičius III
		Augustinas Voldemaras 2nd time	17 December 1926	19 September 1929			Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Voldemaras II
9		Juozas Tūbelis	23 September 1929	24 March 1938			Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Tūbelis I–II–III
10		Vladas Mironas	24 March 1938	28 March 1939			Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Mironas I–II
11		Jonas Černius	28 March 1939	21 November 1939			Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Černius
12		Antanas Merkys	21 November 1939	15 June 1940			Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Merkys

Following the ultimatum in June 1940, the forces of Soviet Union entered Lithuania, prompting President Antanas Smetona to flee the country. Antanas Merkys, who assumed the position of acting president in accordance with the constitution, soon announced he had taken over the Presidency on a permanent basis and appointed Justas Paleckis, favored by the Soviet authorities, as the Prime Minister ahead of the "people's government". Merkys soon resigned, allowing Paleckis to assume the post of acting president as well.^[3] The presidency of Merkys is not recognized as legitimate in modern Lithuania^[4] and Paleckis is not listed as an interwar Prime Minister in government sources.

	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
–		Justas Paleckis	17 June 1940	24 June 1940			Communist Party of Lithuania
–		Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius	24 June 1940	1 July 1940			Communist Party of Lithuania	People's Government

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR
1		Mečislovas Gedvilas	25 August 1940	2 April 1946			Communist Party of Lithuania
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
1		Mečislovas Gedvilas	2 April 1946	16 January 1956			Communist Party of Lithuania
2		Motiejus Šumauskas	16 January 1956	14 April 1967			Communist Party of Lithuania
3		Juozas Maniušis	14 April 1967	16 January 1981			Communist Party of Lithuania
4		Ringaudas Songaila	16 January 1981	18 November 1985			Communist Party of Lithuania
5		Vytautas Sakalauskas	18 November 1985	17 March 1990			Communist Party of Lithuania

Republic of Lithuania (1990–present)

From 11 March 1990 after adopting the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.

Political parties and affiliations:

	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party	Government	Seimas
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė	17 March 1990	10 January 1991			Independent	Prunskienė	Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
2		Albertas Šimėnas	10 January 1991	13 January 1991			Independent	Šimėnas
3		Gediminas Vagnorius	13 January 1991	21 July 1992			Independent	Vagnorius I
4		Aleksandras Abišala	21 July 1992	26 November 1992			Independent	Abišala
5		Bronislovas Lubys	12 December 1992	10 March 1993			Independent	Lubys	6
6		Adolfas Šleževičius	10 March 1993	8 February 1996			Democratic Labour Party	Šleževičius
7		Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius	23 February 1996	19 November 1996			Democratic Labour Party	Stankevičius
		Gediminas Vagnorius	4 December 1996	3 May 1999			Homeland Union	Vagnorius II	7
8		Rolandas Paksas	1 June 1999	27 October 1999			Homeland Union	Paksas I
–		Irena Degutienė	27 October 1999	3 November 1999			Homeland Union	Paksas I
9		Andrius Kubilius	3 November 1999	19 October 2000			Homeland Union	Kubilius I
		Rolandas Paksas	27 October 2000	20 June 2001			Liberal Union of Lithuania	Paksas II	8
–		Eugenijus Gentvilas	20 June 2001	4 July 2001			Liberal Union of Lithuania	Paksas II
10		Algirdas Brazauskas	4 July 2001	1 June 2006			Social Democrats	Brazauskas I
						Brazauskas II		9
–		Zigmantas Balčytis	1 June 2006	18 July 2006			Social Democrats		Brazauskas II
11		Gediminas Kirkilas	6 July 2006	17 November 2008			Social Democrats		Kirkilas
		Andrius Kubilius	9 December 2008	13 December 2012			Homeland Union	Kubilius II	10
12		Algirdas Butkevičius	13 December 2012	13 December 2016			Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	Butkevičius	11
13		Saulius Skvernelis	13 December 2016	11 December 2020			Independent	Skvernelis	12
14		Ingrida Šimonytė	11 December 2020	Incumbent			Homeland Union	Šimonytė	13
15		Gintautas Paluckas	TBD		–		Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	Paluckas	14

See also

• Lists of office-holders
• Grand Chancellor of Lithuania

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Darbo užmokestis.
2. Web site: Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Laikotarpiu 1918–1940. Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 9 May 2016.
3. Book: Senn. Alfred Erich. Lithuania 1940: Revolution from Above. 2007. Rodopi. 9789042022256. 147–148. 9 May 2016.
4. Web site: History. President of the Republic of Lithuania. 9 May 2016.