Vytautas Landsbergis

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Vytautas Landsbergis
Landsbergis in 2023
Chairman of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
In office 11 March 1990 – 25 November 1992
Preceded by	Post created Antanas Smetona (in 1940, last legal President)
Succeeded by	Algirdas Brazauskas (as the Speaker of the Seimas and acting President of Lithuania)
Speaker of the Seimas
In office 25 November 1996 – 19 October 2000
Preceded by	Česlovas Juršėnas
Succeeded by	Artūras Paulauskas
Chairman of the Homeland Union
In office 1 May 1993 – 24 May 2003
Preceded by	Post created
Succeeded by	Andrius Kubilius
Member of the European Parliament for Lithuania
In office 28 April 2003 – 30 June 2014
Personal details
Born	(1932-10-18) 18 October 1932 (age 92) Kaunas, Lithuania
Political party	Sąjūdis (1988–1993) Homeland Union (1993–present)
Spouse	Gražina Ručytė-Landsbergienė
Alma mater	Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (1955)
Awards	Star of Lithuanian Diplomacy (2017)
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Vytautas Landsbergis (Lithuanian: [ˈvʲîːtɐʊtɐs ˈɫɐ̂ˑnʲdzʲbʲɛrʲɡʲɪs] ^ⓘ; born 18 October 1932) is a Lithuanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union. He has written 20 books on a variety of topics, including a biography of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, as well as works on politics and music. He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration,^[1] and a member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.^[2]