Jonas Staugaitis

Jonas Staugaitis
Acting President of Lithuania
In office
18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926
Preceded byKazys Grinius
Succeeded byAleksandras Stulginskis (acting)
Speaker of the Seimas
In office
2 June 1926 – 17 December 1926
PresidentAleksandras Stulginskis
Kazys Grinius
Preceded byVytautas Petrulis
Succeeded byAleksandras Stulginskis
Personal details
Born(1868-05-20)20 May 1868
Omentiškiai, Suwalki Governorate, Russian Empire
Died18 January 1952(1952-01-18) (aged 83)
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyLithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw

Jonas Staugaitis (pronunciationⓘ; 20 May 1868 in Omentiškiai, Suwałki Governorate – 18 January 1952 in Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état.[1] He was formally elected for a few hours as the Speaker of the Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he also became the de jure President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete.

He was a medical doctor, having studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1919, he was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) as a member of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. On 2 June 1926, he was elected the speaker of Seimas.[2]

He is buried in the Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

References

  1. ^ "Jonas Staugaitis" (in Lithuanian). Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas. 10 February 2020.


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