Ruler · 1874 – 1944

Antanas Smetona

Lived 1874 – 1944; politician, writer. President of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania), 1919 – 1920 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 1874 – 1944; 70 years
In office: 15 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Lithuania
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the Republic of Lithuania

Lithuania · the 1st and 5th of 15 dated reigns · 1919 – 2019

Antanas Smetona1919 – 1920

Aleksandras Stulginskis1920 – 1926

Kazys Grinius1926

Jonas Staugaitis1926

Antanas Smetona1926 – 1940

Justas Paleckis1940

Antanas Merkys1940

Jonas Žemaitis1949 – 1954

7 after

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

Reigned 1919 – 1920 · 1 year · came to it aged 45 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1920; they died in 1944

Reigned 1926 – 1940 · 14 years · came to it aged 52 · term 2 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1940; they died in 1944

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