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
(1874-08-10)10 August 1874 Užulėnis, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
9 January 1944(1944-01-09) (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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Antanas Smetona (Lithuanian:[ɐnˈtǎːnɐssʲmʲɛtoːˈnɐ]ⓘ; 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,[1] 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.[2]
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AntanasSmetona (Lithuanian: [ɐnˈtǎːnɐs sʲmʲɛtoːˈnɐ] ; 10 August 1874 – 9 January 1944) was a Lithuanian intellectual, journalist and politician who served...
to Lithuania demanding that it accept a Soviet garrison, President AntanasSmetona fled the country leaving Merkys as acting president. Merkys ostensibly...
Antanas is a Lithuanian masculine given name derived from Antonius that is equivalent to Anthony in Lithuania. It may refer to: Antanas Andrijauskas (born...
political party in Lithuania during the authoritarian regime of President AntanasSmetona from 1926 to 1940. The party was established in 1924 but was not popular...
government of President Kazys Grinius, Voldemaras and fellow nationalist AntanasSmetona supported the military coup d'état in December 1926 and he was appointed...
1918 to 1940. It was named after the first President of Lithuania, AntanasSmetona. Built by Deschimag-Werk Seebeck and launched on October 31, 1917 in...
surname may refer to: AntanasSmetona (1874–1944), Lithuanian intellectual and journalist Lithuanian warship Prezidentas Smetona This page lists people...
AntanasSmetona fled to the US when the Soviet Union occupied the country, Prime Minister Antanas Merkys became acting president. A day after Smetona...
AntanasSmetona (1874-1944), to be the tutor for Romanas. Romanas was studying in preparation for the entrance exams to Jelgava Gymnasium and Smetona...
Lithuanian-language political and cultural newspaper published by AntanasSmetona and the Lithuanian Nationalist Union, the ruling party in Lithuania...
Seimas was disbanded in 1927 and Lithuanian Nationalist Union leader AntanasSmetona was appointed President. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections...
President was established on 4 April 1919. Chairman of the Presidium AntanasSmetona was elected as First President of the State of Lithuania by the State...
Minister Augustinas Voldemaras, to overthrow the government of President AntanasSmetona. While voldemarininkai planned several coups against the government...
Prezidentas AntanasSmetona apie lietuvių ir lenkų santykius". komentaras.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 April 2021. Smetona, Antanas; Eidintas, Alfonsas...
predecessor, President AntanasSmetona, and which had brought down Stulginskis's successor, Kazys Grinius. The coup returned Smetona to office after Stulginskis's...
delegation of the Council of Lithuania. The delegation's members were AntanasSmetona, Steponas Kairys, Vladas Mironas, Jurgis Šaulys, Petras Klimas and...
historical flag of Lithuania Minor. Dobuzhinsky convinced President AntanasSmetona that the flag must be changed. According to journalist and collector...
outspoken leader of the opposition to the authoritarian President AntanasSmetona. After the Soviet occupation and annexation of Lithuania, Bistras was...
but served for only six months, as he was deposed in a coup led by AntanasSmetona on the pretext of an imminent communist plot to take over Lithuania...
Christian Democrats. They installed AntanasSmetona as the president and Augustinas Voldemaras as the prime minister. Smetona suppressed the opposition and...
President AntanasSmetona was known for his tolerant stance towards Jews and his radical opponents not once nicknamed him as "Jewish King". Under Smetona's rule...
President AntanasSmetona left for the West, expecting to return when the geopolitical situation changed,leaving Prime Minister Antanas Merkys in Lithuania...
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