Algirdas Brazauskas

Politician

1932 – 2010

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Who was Algirdas Brazauskas?

Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was the first President of a newly independent post-Soviet Lithuania from 1993 to 1998 and Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006.

He also served as head of the Communist Party of Lithuania that broke with Moscow, an act which arguably helped bring about the demise of the Soviet Union.

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Born
Sep 22, 1932
Rokiškis
Also known as
  • Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
Parents
Spouses
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Lithuania
Profession
Education
  • Kaunas University of Technology
    Civil Engineering
    ( - 1956)
  • PhD
    Economics
    ( - 1974)
Died
Jun 26, 2010
Vilnius

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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