Aleksandras Abišala (born 28 December 1955 in
Inta
Inta (russian: Инта́, kv, Инта) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Population:
History
Inta was founded circa 1940 as a settlement to support a geological expedition to explore coal deposits and projecting of mines.
The city's n ...
,
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
) is a former
Lithuanian politician and
Prime Minister of Lithuania
The prime minister of Lithuania ( lt, Ministras Pirmininkas; "Minister-Chairman") is the head of the government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithuani ...
(1992).
Abišala was born on 28 December 1955 into a family of deportees in the
Komi region of
the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR).
He became one of the leaders of the
Kaunas faction of the
Sąjūdis
Sąjūdis (, "Movement"), initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis), is the political organisation which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was es ...
movement in 1988. Abišala was elected deputy to
the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet in 1990 and was one of the signatories of
the 11 March declaration of independence. Until 1992, he served as minister without portfolio, then from 21 July through 2 December 1992 as prime minister.
In 2007, he established his own
business consulting A business consultant (from Latin ''consultare'', "to discuss") is a professional who provides professional or expert advice or service in a particular area such as security (electronic or physical), management, accountancy, law, human resources, ma ...
company called "A. Abišala and Partners".
[http://www.abisala.com/content/letter$en Official website of A. Abišala and partners consulting]
References
External links
A. Abišalain official website of Seimas
1955 births
Living people
Lithuanian consultants
Prime Ministers of Lithuania
People from Inta
Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
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