Algirdas Brazauskas

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Algirdas Brazauskas was the first President of the post-Soviet Lithuania

Sep 22, 1932

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: September 22, 1932
  • Died on: June 26, 2010
  • Nationality: Lithuanian
  • Famous: Hunting, Yachting, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents, Prime Ministers
  • Hobbies: Hunting, Yachting
  • Spouses: Julija Brazauskienė, Kristina Brazauskienė
  • Known as: Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas

Algirdas Brazauskas born at

Rokiškis

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Birth Place

His first marriage was to Julija Brazauskienė. This union produced two daughters. The couple eventually went their separate ways and divorced.

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Personal Life

In 2002, he married Kristina Brazauskienė.

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His health declined during the late 2000s and he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in December 2008. Algirdas Brazauskas struggled with his illness for several months before succumbing to the disease on 26 June, 2010.

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Personal Life

Algirdas Brazauskas was born on 22 September 1932 in Rokiškis, Lithuania. Both his parents were professionals with a strong interest in politics. His father had worked at a number of jobs—working as an accountant, schoolmaster, and civil servant at different points of time—while his mother was a barrister and a judge.

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Childhood & Early Years

He went to Kaišiadorys High School from where he graduated in 1952. Then he decided to study engineering and enrolled at the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 1956.

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Childhood & Early Years

Algirdas Brazauskas was an intelligent young man and found success early on in his career. He entered the world of politics in the mid-1960s when he was appointed the minister of construction materials industry of Lithuanian SSR in 1965. He served in this position for the next two years.

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In 1967, he became the deputy chairman of the State Planning Committee. Meanwhile he decided to pursue his education further and completed his PhD in Economics in 1974 from the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute.

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The Lithuanian Communist Party’s interest in him intensified after he completed his doctorate. His political career prospered as he rose through the ranks of the Lithuanian Communist Party and was appointed as the secretary for economic affairs on its Central Committee in 1977, a rank he would hold for the next 10 years.

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During this time, Lithuania was under the control of the Soviet Union which had annexed the country in 1940. Nationalism was slowly spreading in the country and the pro-independence party, Sajudis, was gathering support. The party saw Algirdas Brazauskas as a potential ally as he often advocated for greater freedom from Moscow.

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The Sajudis lobbied for him and in 1988, he was appointed the first secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania. Under his leadership the party broke away from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and transformed itself into social-democratic ‘Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania’.

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The Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain and the Grand Cross Order of Vytautas the Great were among the various honors he received.

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Awards & Achievements

The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded Algirdas Brazauskas the Order of Honour for his significant contribution to cooperation between Russia and Lithuania and good neighborly relations.

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