Ruler · 1887 – 1955

Antanas Merkys

Lived 1887 – 1955; politician. President of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania), 1940.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1887 – 1955; 68 years
Lines: 1; Lithuania
Left it: served out the term; the ruler's own article

President of the Republic of Lithuania

Lithuania · the 7th of 15 dated reigns · 1919 – 2019

3 before

Jonas Staugaitis1926

Antanas Smetona1926 – 1940

Justas Paleckis1940

Antanas Merkys1940

Jonas Žemaitis1949 – 1954

Algirdas Brazauskas1993 – 1998

Valdas Adamkus1998 – 2003

5 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1940 · under a year · came to it aged 53

Left it: served out the termread from the ruler's own article

After three days, Merkys handed power to Justas Paleckis, who formed the People's Government of Lithuania.

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