Algirdas Saudargas

Lithuanian politician
Algirdas Saudargas

Algirdas Saudargas (born April 17, 1948) is a Lithuanian politician and the signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He was the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Lithuania. He was foreign minister from March 24, 1990, to December 12, 1992, and again from December 4, 1996, to October 30, 2000. In 1992, Algirdas Saudargas, together with 9 other Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs and an EU commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.[1]

He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.

External links

  • Algirdas Saudargas in the official website of Seimas
Seimas
New constituency Member of the Seimas for Vilijampolė
1990–1992
Succeeded by
Arimantas Juvencijus Raškinis (Aleksotas-Vilijampolė)
Preceded by
Rytas Kupčinskas
Member of the Seimas for Aleksotas-Vilijampolė
2000–2004
Succeeded by
Rytas Kupčinskas
Preceded by
Stasys Lozoraitis Jr.
as Chief of Lithuanian Diplomatic Service
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
1990–1992
Succeeded by
Povilas Gylys
Preceded by
Povilas Gylys
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
1996–2000
Succeeded by
Antanas Valionis
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References

  1. ^ Kristensen, Gustav N. 2010. Born into a Dream. EuroFaculty and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Berliner Wissentshafts-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8305-1769-6.
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