Jonas Staugaitis

Lithuanian politician

Jonas Staugaitis


Acting President of Lithuania
In office 18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926
Preceded by	Kazys Grinius
Succeeded by	Aleksandras Stulginskis (acting)
Speaker of the Seimas
In office 2 June 1926 – 17 December 1926
President	Aleksandras Stulginskis Kazys Grinius
Preceded by	Vytautas Petrulis
Succeeded by	Aleksandras Stulginskis

Personal details
Born	(1868-05-20)20 May 1868 Omentiškiai, Suwalki Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	18 January 1952(1952-01-18) (aged 83) Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
Alma mater	University 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]

References

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

Preceded by

President of Lithuania
(acting)
18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926

Succeeded by

Presidents (1919–1940)

LKP First Secretaries²

Presidents (since 1990)

¹ Not recognized as a legitimate president
² De facto heads of state; de jure heads of state were Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR
³ Was head of state, but not recognized as president
⁴ Posthumously recognized in March 2009
Italics denote acting leaders