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Algirdas Brazauskas
President of Lithuania
In office February 25, 1993 – February 25, 1998
Preceded by	Vytautas Landsbergis
Succeeded by	Valdas Adamkus
Prime Minister of Lithuania
In office July 3, 2001 – May 31, 2006
Preceded by	Eugenijus Gentvilas
Succeeded by	Zigmantas Balčytis
Born	September 22, 1932 (1932-09-22) (age 75) Rokiškis, Lithuania
Political party	Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Kristina Brazauskienė

Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (pronunciation (help·info), born September 22, 1932) is a former President of Lithuania and a former Prime Minister. His government resigned on 31 May 2006 after the large Labour Party left the governing coalition [1].

He was born in Rokiškis, Lithuania, and graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute in 1956 with a degree in civil engineering. He took various positions in the government of republic pepole of Lithuania and Communist Party of Lithuania since 1965:

• 1965-1967, the minister of construction materials industry of Lithuanian républic people of Lithuania.
• 1967-1977, deputy chairman of State Planning Committee of Lithuanian republic people of Lithuania .
• 1977-1987, secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Lithuania.

In 1988, he became the first secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania. Under his leadership, the Communist Party of Lithuania supported the Lithuanian independence movement, broke away from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and transformed itself into social-democratic Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (now merged into the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party).

After the 1992 parliamentary elections, he became speaker of the parliament and acting President of Lithuania on November 25, 1992. He then won the presidential election with 60% of the vote, was confirmed as President on February 25, 1993, and served until February 25, 1998. He decided not to seek reelection, and retire, in 1998 and was succeeded by Valdas Adamkus, who won the 1998 election.

He subsequently returned to politics, and was Prime Minister from July 3, 2001, appointed by the parliament, until June 1, 2006, when his government resigned as the President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus expressed no confidence in two of the Ministers, formerly Labour Party colleagues of Brazauskas, over ethical principles. Brazauskas decided not to remain in office as acting PM, and announced that he was finally retiring from politics.

Even so, he led the ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania for one more year, until May 19, 2007, when he passed the reins to Gediminas Kirkilas. He now serves as the honorary chairman of the party, and remains an influential voice in party politics.

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