Gediminas Vagnorius
Appearance
Gediminas Vagnorius | |
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![]() Vagnorius in 1996 | |
3rd Prime Minister of Lithuania | |
In office 4 December 1996 – 3 May 1999 | |
President | Algirdas Brazauskas |
Preceded by | Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius |
Succeeded by | Rolandas Paksas |
In office 13 January 1991 – 21 July 1992 | |
Preceded by | Albertas Šimėnas |
Succeeded by | Aleksandras Abišala |
Personal details | |
Born | Plungė District Municipality, Lithuania | 10 June 1957
Spouse | Nijolė Songailaitė-Vagnorienė |
Parent(s) | Mother: Oktavija Jokubauskaitė-Vagnorienė Father: Zenonas Vagnorius |
Alma mater | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University |
Gediminas Vagnorius (born 10 June 1957) is a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania, heading the government between 1991 and 1992, and again from 1996 until 1999.
After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, its temporary currency, the Lithuanian talonas, was popularly known as vagnorkė or vagnorėlis after Vagnorius' name.
References
[edit]- (in Lithuanian) Elections 2000 - Gediminas Vagnorius Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania.