Algirdas Brazauskas
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Algirdas Brazauskas was a Lithuanian politician who lived from 1932 to 2010 and played a significant role in his country's modern history. He matters because he led Lithuania during a crucial period of transition, particularly around the time of the Soviet Union's collapse and Lithuania's path toward independence and democracy.
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- 1932
- Died
- 2010-06-26
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- 8
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- Scheidung vom Kreml
- Self-determination
- Strategii︠a︡ razvitii︠a︡ stroitelʹnogo kompleksa
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Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas ( Lithuanian: [ˈɐ̂ˑlʲɡʲɪrdɐs ˈmʲîːkoːɫɐs brɐˈzɐ̂ˑʊskɐs] , 22 September 1932 – 26 June 2010) was the fourth president of Lithuania, in office from 1993 to 1998. He also served as Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2001 to 2006. Brazauskas was the first democratically elected president of post-Soviet Lithuania.
He also served as head of the Communist Party of Lithuania that broke with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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