Rolandas Paksas

@Former President of Lithuania, Career and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician and a former President of the country Lithuanian Leaders Political Leaders Presidents Gemini Celebrities Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician and a former President of the country. Besides serving as the President of Lithuania, he also served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania and Mayor of Vilnius. He currently leads the Order and Justice (TT) party and is a Member of the European Parliament. He has participated in both national Lithuanian and national Soviet acrobatics teams and is a skilled stunt pilot. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he founded a construction company called Restako, where he served as company president. Five months following his first appointment as Prime Minister, he resigned due to a disagreement regarding privatization. After joining the Liberal Union of Lithuania (LLS), Rolandas Paksas was again elected Prime Minister and again resigned, this time due to disagreements over economic reforms. He then founded the center-right Liberal Democratic Party, contested for the presidency against Valdas Adamkus and was elected. When news that he had granted citizenship to a major campaign donor came to light, he became the first European Head of State to be impeached. After being removed from office and barred from the Seimas (unicameral Lithuanian parliament), he was elected to the European Parliament, leading his Order and Justice (TT) party

Personal Details

Birthday: June 10, 1956 Nationality: Lithuanian Famous: Former President of Lithuania, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents Hobbies: Music, Reading Spouses: Laima Paksienė Universities: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation Founder / Co-Founder: Order and Justice Information Detail Birthday June 10, 1956 Nationality Lithuanian Famous Former President of Lithuania, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents Hobbies Music, Reading Spouses Laima Paksienė Universities Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation Founder / Co-Founder Order and Justice Birth Place Telšiai Political Ideology Political party Communist Party (Before 1989), Democratic Labour Party (1989–1995), Homeland Union (1995–2000), Liberal Union (2000–2002), Order and Justice (2002–present) Religion Catholicism Gender Male Father Feliksas Mother Elena Sun Sign Gemini Born in Telšiai Famous as Former President of Lithuania

Telšiai

Rolandas Paksas born at Unsplash Birth Place

Rolandas Paksas is married to Laima Paksienė, an engineer economist. They have two children together. Their daughter, Inga Paksas, is a student at the Lithuanian Law University and International Business School. Their son, Mindaugus Paksas, is a student at the T. Liubertienes secondary school in Vilnius. Unsplash Personal Life

Although barred from holding a public office, he continues to remain politically active from behind the scenes Unsplash Personal Life

Rolandas Paksas was born to Elena and Feliksas Paksai in Telšiai, Lithuanian SSR, former Soviet Union on June 10, 1956. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father was a railway clerk who later worked in the wholesale grain trade. His mother worked as a nurse. Her family was deported to Siberia, but was not subjected to Soviet concentration camps. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He attended Zemaites High School, graduating in 1974 and continuing his education at the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute, where he received his degree five years later. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He graduated from Leningrad Civil Aviation Academy in 1984. During this time, he competed in many acrobatics competitions as well, winning several championships with both Soviet and Lithuanian teams. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He began his political career as a member of the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP). He then participated as a member of the leftist Democratic Labor Party (LDDP), which was a successor of the LKP. Unsplash Career

In 1995, he defected to the Homeland Union, a conservative right party. Unsplash Career

He was elected to the Vilnius City Council and became Mayor of the municipality in 1997. In addition to that, he also served as the Homeland Union chairman of the Vilnius branch. Unsplash Career

In May 1999, President Valdas Adamkus asked him to become Prime Minister after Vagnorius stepped down. Unsplash Career

In June 1999, he accepted the President's proposal, but was forced to resign, by conservatives, five months later. He was forced to resign after refusing to agree to the sale of a major Lithuanian oil refining company, Mažeikių Nafta, to Williams International, a US oil company. Unsplash Career

On February 26, 2003, Rolandas Paksas was awarded the Order of Vytautas the Great and given a gold chain by former President Valdas Adamkus. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Information	Detail
Birthday	June 10, 1956
Nationality	Lithuanian
Famous	Former President of Lithuania, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents
Hobbies	Music, Reading
Spouses	Laima Paksienė
Universities	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation
Founder / Co-Founder	Order and Justice
Birth Place	Telšiai
Political Ideology	Political party Communist Party (Before 1989), Democratic Labour Party (1989–1995), Homeland Union (1995–2000), Liberal Union (2000–2002), Order and Justice (2002–present)
Religion	Catholicism
Gender	Male
Father	Feliksas
Mother	Elena
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	Telšiai
Famous as	Former President of Lithuania

Rolandas Paksas

Lithuanian

Jun 10, 1956

Biography

Personal Details

Telšiai