Jonas Staugaitis

Jonas Staugaitis (seated first from left) in 1918

Listen to Jonas Staugaitis ^?^/ⁱ (* May 20, 1868 in Omentiškiai , Vilkaviškis District , Russian Empire ; † January 18, 1952 in Kaunas , Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ) was the fourth President of the Republic of Lithuania during the coup in December 1926. Formally, he held this office for one Day as chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas and resigned after the completion of the coup .

Life

From 1887 to 1893 he studied medicine at the University of Warsaw . In 1919 he was elected to the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) as a member of the Peasant People's Party. On June 2, 1926, he was elected chairman of the Seimas.

He is buried in the Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

Web links

Jonas Staugaitis on the Seimas website (in Lithuanian)

predecessor	Office	successor
Kazys Grinius	President of Lithuania in 1926	Aleksandras Stulginskis

personal data
SURNAME	Staugaitis, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	fourth President of the Republic of Lithuania
DATE OF BIRTH	May 20, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Omentiškiai , Vilkaviškis County , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	January 18, 1952
Place of death	Kaunas , Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic