Jonas Staugaitis

Jonas Staugaitis (pronunciation^ⓘ; May 20, 1868, Omentiškiai, Suwałki Governorate – January 18, 1952, Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état.^[1] He was formally elected for a few hours as the Speaker of the Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he also became the de jure President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete.

He was a doctor, having studied at the Warsaw University. In 1919, he was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) as a member of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. On June 2, 1926, he was elected the speaker of Seimas.^[2]

References

^ "Jonas Staugaitis" (in Lithuanian). Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
^ "Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas. February 10, 2020.

Preceded by Kazys Grinius	President of Lithuania (acting) 18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926	Succeeded by Aleksandras Stulginskis (acting)

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v t e Leaders of Lithuania since 1919
Presidents (1919–1940)	Antanas Smetona Aleksandras Stulginskis Kazys Grinius Jonas Staugaitis Aleksandras Stulginskis Antanas Smetona Antanas Merkys¹ Justas Paleckis¹ Jonas Žemaitis⁴
LKP First Secretaries²	Antanas Sniečkus Petras Griškevičius Ringaudas Songaila Algirdas Brazauskas
Presidents (since 1990)	Vytautas Landsbergis³ Algirdas Brazauskas Valdas Adamkus Rolandas Paksas Artūras Paulauskas Valdas Adamkus Dalia Grybauskaitė Gitanas Nausėda
¹ Not recognized as a legitimate president ² De facto heads of state; de jure heads of state were Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ³ Was head of state, but not recognized as president ⁴ Posthumously recognized in March 2009 Italics denote acting leaders