Šimėnas Cabinet was the 2nd cabinet of Lithuania since the declaration of independence in 1990. It consisted of the

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and 17 government ministers.

Albertas Šimėnas Albertas Šimėnas (born 17 February 1950) was Prime Minister of Lithuania for 3 days, from 10 to 13 January 1991. He disappeared during the January Events and was replaced by Gediminas Vagnorius. Šimėnas graduated from the Vilnius University ...

was appointed as the Prime Minister by the

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on 10 January 1991, following the dismissal of the previous cabinet. Only three days later, the

January events , partof = Revolutions of 1989, Singing Revolution, and Dissolution of the Soviet Union , image = , caption = A man with a Lithuanian flag in front of a Soviet tank, 13 January 1991 , date = ...

took place in Vilnius, threatening the fledgling government. During the events, Šimėnas failed to appear at a government meeting after being called for and could not be located, prompting the Supreme Council to dismiss him on January 13 and appoint

Gediminas Vagnorius 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 f ...

in his place. It would later emerge that Šimėnas had left Vilnius and spent the night in the relative safety of

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. As of 2016, it has remained the shortest-lived government of Lithuania.

Cabinet

The following ministers served on the Šimėnas Cabinet.

References

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