Valdas Adamkus
b. 1926
Lithuanian politician, twice President of Lithuania (born 1926)
- Born
- 3 Nov 1926 · Kaunas
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- 3 Nov 1926BornBorn in Kaunas
- 1998 – 2003RolePresident of the Republic of Lithuania
- 1998AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
- 1998AwardOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
- 1998AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
- 1999AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 1999AwardOrder of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)
- 1999AwardCollar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
- 1999AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
- 1999AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
- 1999AwardNational Maltese Order of Merit
- 2000AwardDostyk Order of grade I
- 2001AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars
- 2001AwardGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- 2003RoleUNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
- 2004 – 2009RolePresident of the Republic of Lithuania
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – today).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
Valdas Adamkus (born Voldemaras Adamkavičius; 3 November 1926) 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.
Adamkus' first tenure as president lasted for five years, from 26 February 1998 to 26 February 2003, following his defeat by Rolandas Paksas in the 2003 presidential election. Paksas was later impeached and removed from office by a parliamentary vote on 6 April 2004. Soon afterwards, when a new election was announced, Adamkus again ran for president and was re-elected. His approval ratings increased during this period and he became a highly regarded moral authority in the state. He was succeeded as president on 12 July 2009 by Dalia Grybauskaitė. He is considered by some as being one of the best Lithuanian leaders in modern history.
He was married to Alma Adamkienė, who was involved in charitable activities in Lithuania. Following the end of his term as president, Adamkus remained involved in international development, and is a member of the European Academy of Diplomacy.
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