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Valdas Adamkus
Valdas Adamkus is a Lithuanian politician, diplomat and civil engineer and an American civil servant. He served as the fifth and seventh president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.
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politics · Lithuanian politician, twice President of Lithuania (born 1926) · politician · sprinter · civil engineer · also Valdas Adamkus, Adamkus
Born 3 November 1926 · Q153167
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2026· 2 entries
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Valdas Adamkus
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2017· 2 entries
Charter97.org: Valdas Adamkus: Russia Builds an Atom Bomb by Hands of Belarusians near Vilnius
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UPI: Topic: Valdas Adamkus
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Šiauliai (2016).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class presented by Petro Poroshenko (2016).
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2010· 1 entry
Charter97.org: Valdas Adamkus: Our foreign policy toward Belarus has become catastrophe
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2009· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin (2009).
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Awarded Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (2009).
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Awarded Order of Liberty presented by Viktor Yushchenko (2009).
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Awarded Order of Stara Planina (2009).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta presented by Lech Kaczyński (2009).
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Merit (2008).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Chile (2008).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2008).
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded St. George's Order of Victory (2007).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (2007).
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (2007).
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2006· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (2006).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (2006).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) (2006).
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Awarded Order of Merit, 1st class presented by Viktor Yushchenko (2006).
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic presented by Juan Carlos I of Spain (2005).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2005).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross (2005).
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At the Vilnius Conference 2006, and on several other occasions
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the White Star, Collar Class (2004).
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Career landmark: President of the Republic of Lithuania (2004–2009).
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2003).
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Career landmark: UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador (2003).
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Valdas Adamkus was named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Construction of Knowledge Societies
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded Doctor Honoris Causa at the Vytautas Magnus University (2002).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2002).
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Awarded Order of Outstanding Merit presented by Islam Karimov (2002).
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Awarded Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (2002).
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars (2001).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (2001).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Dostyk Order of grade I (2000).
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1999· 6 entries
Awarded Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic) presented by Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1999).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1999).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (1999).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1999).
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Awarded National Maltese Order of Merit (1999).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (1999).
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1998· 6 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (1998).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1998).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class presented by Leonid Kuchma (1998).
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Faced a legal battle in the Lithuanian courts
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Defeating Artūras Paulauskas in the runoff, serving from then until 2003, when he ran for re-election, but was unexpectedly defeated by Rolandas Paksas
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Career landmark: President of the Republic of Lithuania (1998–2003).
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1985· 1 entry
President Reagan presented him with the Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award – the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civil servant
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1981· 1 entry
Was appointed regional administrator by President Ronald Reagan, and was responsible for all air, water, hazardous waste, and other pollution control programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisco
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1972· 1 entry
Adamkus visited Lithuania for the first time in almost thirty years as a member of the official delegation from the United States attending an environmental conference in Moscow
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1951· 1 entry
Adamkus married Alma Nutautaite
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1944· 1 entry
As the Soviets were invading Lithuania for a second time in four years, he fought against the second occupation by joining the Fatherland Defense Force, which was crushed by the numerically superior Soviet forces
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-11-03.
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