Antanas Smetona
Antanas Smetona (Lithuanian: [ɐnˈtǎːnɐs sʲmʲɛtoːˈnɐ] ⓘ; 10 August 1874 – 9 January 1944) was a Lithuanian intellectual, journalist and politician who served as the first president of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1926 until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in 1940. Referred to as the "Leader of the Nation" during his presidency, Smetona is recognised as one of the most important Lithuanian political figures between World War I and World War II, and a prominent ideologists of Lithuanian nationalism and the movement for national revival.
Antanas Smetona | |
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| 1st President of Lithuania | |
| In office 19 December 1926 – 15 June 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Augustinas Voldemaras Juozas Tūbelis Vladas Mironas Jonas Černius Antanas Merkys |
| Preceded by | Aleksandras Stulginskis (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Antanas Merkys (acting, de facto) Vytautas Landsbergis (in 1990, as Chairman of the Supreme Council) |
| In office 4 April 1919 – 19 June 1920 | |
| Prime Minister | Pranas Dovydaitis Mykolas Sleževičius Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandras Stulginskis |
| 1st Chairman of the Council of Lithuania | |
| In office 23 September 1917 – 4 April 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Stasys Šilingas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1874 Užulėnis, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 9 January 1944 (aged 69) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, Ohio |
| Political party | Lithuanian Democratic Party (1902–1907) Party of National Progress (before 1924) Lithuanian Nationalist Union (1924–1940) |
| Spouse | Sofija Chodakauskaitė-Smetonienė (1885–1968) |
| Children | Marija Danutė (1905–1992) Birutė (1906–1909) Julius Rimgaudas (1913–1974) |
| Alma mater | University of Saint Petersburg |
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