The prime minister of Lithuania ( lt, Ministras Pirmininkas; "Minister-Chairman") is the head of the government of Lithuania. The prime minister is

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuan ...

head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

and 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.

Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

Following the ultimatum in June 1940, the forces of

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

entered Lithuania, prompting President Antanas Smetona to flee the country. Antanas Merkys, who assumed the position of acting president in accordance with the

constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these princip ...

, 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. The presidency of Merkys is not recognized as legitimate in modern Lithuania and Paleckis is not listed as an interwar Prime Minister in government sources.

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

;Chairman of the

Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR The Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR ( lt, Lietuvos TSR Ministrų Taryba) or Council of People's Commissars in 1940–46 ( lt, Lietuvos TSR Liaudies Komisarų Taryba) was the cabinet (executive branch) of the Lithuanian SSR, one of the rep ...

* Mečislovas Gedvilas (25 August 1940 – 2 April 1946) (in exile in the Russian SFSR 1941–1944) ;Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR * Mečislovas Gedvilas (2 April 1946 – 16 January 1956) * Motiejus Šumauskas (16 January 1956 – 14 April 1967) * Juozas Maniušis (14 April 1967 – 16 January 1981) * Ringaudas Songaila (16 January 1981 – 18 November 1985) *

Vytautas Sakalauskas Vytautas Sakalauskas (24 April 1933 in Kaunas – 29 May 2001 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Soviet Union, Soviet politician who was the last Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic#Chairmen, Chairman of the Council of Minis ...

(18 November 1985 – 17 March 1990)

Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)

;Acting Prime Minister of the Provisional Government *

Juozas Ambrazevičius Juozas Ambrazevičius or Juozas Brazaitis (December 9, 1903 in Trakiškiai, Marijampolė parish – November 28, 1974 in South Orange, New Jersey South Orange, officially the Township of South Orange Village, is a suburban township in Ess ...

(June 23, 1941 – August 5, 1941)

Republic of Lithuania (1990–present)

List of Prime Ministers (1990–present)

From 11 March 1990 after adopting the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Political parties and affiliations:

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External links

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