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Lithuanian politician
Jonas Staugaitis
Acting President of Lithuania
In office
18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926
Preceded byKazys Grinius
Succeeded byAleksandras Stulginskis (acting)
Speaker of the Seimas
In office
2 June 1926 – 17 December 1926
PresidentAleksandras Stulginskis
Kazys Grinius
Preceded byVytautas Petrulis
Succeeded byAleksandras Stulginskis
Personal details
Born(1868-05-20)20 May 1868
Omentiškiai, Suwalki Governorate, Russian Empire
Died18 January 1952(1952-01-18) (aged 83)
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyLithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw

Jonas Staugaitis (pronunciation; 20 May 1868 in Omentiškiai, Suwałki Governorate – 18 January 1952 in Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état. He was formally elected for a few hours as the Speaker of the Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he also became the de jure President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete.

He was a medical doctor, having studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1919, he was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) as a member of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. On 2 June 1926, he was elected the speaker of Seimas.

He is buried in the Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

References

  1. "Jonas Staugaitis" (in Lithuanian). Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. "Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas. 10 February 2020.

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Preceded byKazys Grinius President of Lithuania
(acting)

18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926
Succeeded byAleksandras Stulginskis
(acting)
Leaders of Lithuania since 1919
Presidents (1919–1940)
LKP first secretaries
Presidents (since 1990)
  • Not recognized as a legitimate president
  • De facto heads of state; de jure heads of state were chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR
  • Was head of state, but not recognized as president
  • Posthumously recognized in March 2009
  • Italics denote acting leaders


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