Awarded honorary citizen of Vilnius (2015).
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Algirdas Brazauskas
Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was the fourth president of Lithuania, in office from 1993 to 1998. He also served as Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2001 to 2006. Brazauskas was the first democratically elected president of post-Soviet Lithuania.
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Born 22 September 1932 · Died 26 June 2010 · Q212751
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2015· 1 entry
2010· 8 entries
The Independent: Algirdas Brazauskas: Politician who played a crucial role in the break-up of the communist system
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The Guardian: Algirdas Brazauskas obituary
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Los Angeles Times: Algirdas Brazauskas, former president of Lithuania, dies at 77
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BBC Europe: Obituary: Algirdas Brazauskas
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Fox News: Algirdas Brazauskas, 1st president of Lithuanian after independence, dies aged 77
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Died 2010-06-26.
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Awarded Order of Honour presented by Dmitry Medvedev (2010).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the White Star, 1st Class (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (2003).
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2001· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Lithuania (2001–2006).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from the European University of Humanities (2000).
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (1998).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1998).
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1997).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1997).
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1996· 4 entries
Won Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1996).
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Awarded Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic) presented by Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1996).
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Awarded Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class presented by Guntis Ulmanis (1996).
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Awarded Order of the Elephant (1996).
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (1995).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1995).
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Speaking before the Knesset, Brazauskas officially apologized for the Lithuanian people's actions during the Holocaust
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1994· 1 entry
“could not agree [with him] on the simplest things”
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Republic of Lithuania (1993–1998).
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1992· 3 entries
Career landmark: Special Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1992–1993).
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Career landmark: Speaker of the Seimas (1992–1993).
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Career landmark: Member of the Seimas (1992–1992).
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1990· 1 entry
That "We are realists now, and we cannot be propagating any utopian ideas
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1989· 1 entry
As leader of Lithuania's Communist Party, he formally severed the party's links with Moscow
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1988· 1 entry
Became the first secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1985).
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1974· 1 entry
Brazauskas received a PhD in economics
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1967· 1 entry
Brazauskas started working in the Governmental Planning Committee, as a Committee's head's assistant
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1952· 1 entry
And graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute in 1956 with a degree in civil engineering
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1932· 1 entry
Born 1932-09-22.
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