Valdas Adamkus
Valdas Adamkus (born 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian politician and engineer. He was the President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.
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| President of Lithuania | |
| In office 12 July 2004 – 12 July 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Algirdas Brazauskas Zigmantas Balčytis (Acting) Gediminas Kirkilas Andrius Kubilius |
| Preceded by | Rolandas Paksas |
| Succeeded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| In office 26 February 1998 – 26 February 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Gediminas Vagnorius Irena Degutienė (Acting) Rolandas Paksas Irena Degutienė (Acting) Andrius Kubilius Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas (Acting) Algirdas Brazauskas |
| Preceded by | Algirdas Brazauskas |
| Succeeded by | Rolandas Paksas |
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| Born | 3 November 1926 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Political party | Independent[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Alma Adamkienė |
| Profession | Civil engineer, civil servant |
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Life
changeHe was born on November 3, 1926, in Kaunas, Lithuania. His birth name was Valdemaras Adamkavičius. In 1951, he married Alma Adamkienė.
On 3 January 2025, Adamkus was hospitalized in Vilnius after having heart failure.[2]
Career
changeBefore entering politics in Lithuania, Adamkus emigrated to the United States, having studied and lived in Chicago and Ohio. In the 1970s, he worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, serving as the agency's deputy administrator for the Great Lakes Region.[3]
First elected in 1998, he ended his term in office in 2003. When Rolandas Paksas, the new elected president, was impeached and removed by the Lithuanian Parliament in 2004, Adamkus was re-elected. He chose not to run for re-election during the Lithuanian presidential election in 2009. He was succeeded on 12 July 2009 by Dalia Grybauskaitė.
Following the end of his term as president, Adamkus remained involved in international development, and a member of the European Academy of Diplomacy.
References
change- ↑ Miles, Lee (2003). The European Union: Annual Review 2002/2003. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4051-2986-2.
- ↑ "Lithuania's former President Adamkus hospitalised". LRT.lt. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ "Valdas Adamkus". Club Madrid.org. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
Other websites
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Media related to Valdas Adamkus at Wikimedia Commons
- Website of the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus Archived 2007-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (in English, Lithuanian, and Russian)
- The Official Website of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- Videos of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
- 2005 Interview with a Ukrainian journalist Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Acknowledgement of lifetime achievements at the US EPA
- European Voice – Mister persistent Valdas Adamkus
- Institution of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
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