Algirdas Brazauskas

@Hunting, Birthday and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Algirdas Brazauskas was the first President of the post-Soviet Lithuania Lithuanian Leaders Political Leaders Presidents Prime Ministers Virgo Celebrities Algirdas Brazauskas was the first President of the post-Soviet Lithuania. As the leader of the newly independent Lithuania which had freshly broken off from the Soviet Union, he assumed office in February 1993. Even though Lithuania had first declared independence from Germany at the end of the World War I, the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. Lithuania again gained her independence in 1990 after decades of political turmoil, and Brazauskas came to power at a very crucial period in the country’s history. A major figure in Lithuanian politics at the time he became the president, he had been highly influential in his motherland’s struggle for independence. He had been the last leader of Lithuanian Communists and in this role he helped pave the way for Lithuanian independence from the Soviet Union. His party denounced dictatorship and was in favor of free markets. He was also the one who led the governing party to severe its ties with the Soviet party in an act that ultimately led to Lithuania’s independence from the Soviet Union. Once he became the president, the enormous task of unifying his people and stabilizing the economy lay before him. He encouraged privatization and foreign investment, and also implemented several progressive reforms in the society. He was a popular president though he decided not to seek re-election at the end of his term

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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 Information Detail 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 Universities 1956 - Kaunas University of Technology 1974 - Birth Place Rokiškis Political Ideology Political party Communist Party of Lithuania (1957–1990), Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1959-1989), Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (1990–2001), Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2001–2010) Religion Catholicism Gender Male Father Kazimieras Brazauskas Mother Sofija Perezilevičiūtė-Brazauskienė Sun Sign Virgo Born in Rokiškis Famous as Yachting and Hunting Died at Age 77

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

In 2002, he married Kristina Brazauskienė. Unsplash Personal Life

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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash Career

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. Unsplash Career

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. Unsplash Career

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. Unsplash Career

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’. Unsplash Career

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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Information	Detail
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
Universities	1956 - Kaunas University of Technology 1974 -
Birth Place	Rokiškis
Political Ideology	Political party Communist Party of Lithuania (1957–1990), Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1959-1989), Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (1990–2001), Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2001–2010)
Religion	Catholicism
Gender	Male
Father	Kazimieras Brazauskas
Mother	Sofija Perezilevičiūtė-Brazauskienė
Sun Sign	Virgo
Born in	Rokiškis
Famous as	Yachting and Hunting
Died at Age	77

Algirdas Brazauskas

Lithuanian

Sep 22, 1932

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