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Algirdas Brazauskas
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Person

Algirdas Brazauskas

1932 – 2010 · aged 78

Lithuanian politician (1932–2010)

Born
22 Sept 1932 · Rokiškis
Died
26 Jun 2010 · Vilnius
Part ofLithuania1236 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 90 years
  1. 22 Sept 1932BornBorn in Rokiškis
  2. 1985AwardOrder of the October Revolution
  3. 1992 – 1993RoleSpecial Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  4. 1992RoleMember of the Seimas
  5. 1992 – 1993RoleSpeaker of the Seimas
  6. 1993 – 1998RolePresident of the Republic of Lithuania
  7. 1995AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
  8. 1995AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  9. 1996AwardOrder of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)
  10. 1996AwardMedal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
  11. 1996AwardOrder of the Three Stars, 1st Class
  12. 1996AwardOrder of the Elephant
  13. 1997AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  14. 1997AwardCollar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
  15. 1998AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great
  16. 1998AwardOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
  17. 2000AwardHonorary doctorate from the European University of Humanities
  18. 2001 – 2006RolePrime Minister of Lithuania
  19. 26 Jun 2010DiedDied in Vilnius

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1932 – 2010).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (22 September 1932 – 26 June 2010) 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.

He also served as head of the Communist Party of Lithuania that broke with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Text from the Wikipedia article Algirdas Brazauskas, CC BY-SA 4.0

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