Jonas Staugaitis
Politician
1868 – 1952
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Who was Jonas Staugaitis?
Jonas Staugaitis was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état. He was formally elected for few hours as the Speaker of Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he became de jure the President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete.
He was a doctor, having studied at the Warsaw University. In 1919, he was elected to Lithuanian parliament as a member of the Lithuanian Peasant Populist Party. On June 2, 1926, he was elected the head of Seimas.
He is buried in Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.
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- Born
- May 20, 1868
Russian Empire - Education
- University of Warsaw
- Died
- Jan 18, 1952
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on July 23, 2013
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