Česlovas Juršėnas (born 18 May 1938CV at Seimas website
) is a

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n politician and a former Speaker of the

Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (), or simply the Seimas ( ; ), is the unicameralism, unicameral legislative body of the Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of Government of Lithuania, govern ...

, the Lithuanian parliament. In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school (now Ignalina Česlovas Kudaba Progymnasium) with a gold medal and entered Vilnius State University of Vincas Kapsukas, graduating in 1960. During 1960–1964 Juršėnas was an employee of a newspaper Tiesa. He was a signatory of the

Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March () was an Declaration of independence, independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on 11 March 1990, signed by all members of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Se ...

on 11 March 1990. Juršėnas has published several books about politics and the world.

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1938 births Living people Lithuanian atheists Lithuanian communists 20th-century Lithuanian journalists Male journalists People from Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) People from Ignalina Communist Party of Lithuania politicians Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania politicians Social Democratic Party of Lithuania politicians Speakers of the Seimas Vilnius University alumni Grand Crosses of the Order of Vytautas the Great Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class 21st-century Lithuanian politicians Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class {{Lithuania-politician-stub

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