Alma Adamkienė

Adamkienė with her husband Valdas Adamkus , 2009

Alma Adamkienė (born Alma Nutautaitė ; born February 10, 1927 in Šiauliai ) is the wife of the Lithuanian politician Valdas Adamkus and was first lady of Lithuania during his tenure as President .

Life

Nutautaitė was born as the daughter of the merchants Stasys Nutautas (1899–1977) and Ona Soblytė-Nutautienė (1904–2006). After the Red Army invaded Lithuania, the family fled. She completed her school education at a German grammar school and then studied philology at the University of Erlangen . In 1949 she moved to the United States and later also took on the US citizenship. At first she worked as a laboratory assistant in a steel works, later at an insurance company. She also provided humanitarian aid for Lithuanian emigrants.

In 1951 she married the natural scientist Valdas Adamkus. After his first appointment as president in the spring of 1998, Adamkienė took over the patronage of various social programs of the child welfare as first lady . In 1999, she founded a charity named after her.

A secondary school in the Upper Lithuanian village of Šepeta ( district of Kupiškis , Panevėžys district , Northern Lithuania) bears the name of Adamkienė.

Honors

1998: Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (1st class)
2001: Grand Cross of the Three Star Order
2004: Order of the White Star (1st class)
2007: Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique
2009: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Web links

Commons : Alma Adamkienė - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Alma-Adamkienė Foundation ( Memento of 25 February 2015, Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ On the appointment of the President of Ukraine to the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise
↑ vestnesis.lv: Par apbalvošanu ar Triju Zvaigžņu ordeni - Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved October 22, 2019 (Latvian).
^ Vabariigi President. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
↑ ENTIDADES ESTRANGEIRAS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial the Order of Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
↑ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 kwietnia 2009 r. o nadaniu orderów. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Adamkienė, Alma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American wife of the Lithuanian politician Valdas Adamkus and was first lady of Lithuania during his tenure as President
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Šiauliai

[1] On the appointment of the President of Ukraine to the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise

[2] vestnesis.lv: Par apbalvošanu ar Triju Zvaigžņu ordeni - Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved October 22, 2019 (Latvian).

[3] Vabariigi President. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .

[4] ENTIDADES ESTRANGEIRAS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial the Order of Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .

[5] Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 kwietnia 2009 r. o nadaniu orderów. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .