Algirdas Brazauskas

...reins to Gediminas Kirkilas. He now serves as the honorary chairman of the party, and remains an influential voice in party politics. Algirdas Brazauskas is an Honorary Member of . Brazauskas was diagnosed lymphatic cancer in December 2008.

In this article: The Communist Party, Communist Party of Lithuania, Labour Party, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, Lithuania, Central Committee, and Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania

...around the world after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. </p><p>Former President Valdas Adamkus and former Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, who were both in office at the time the center was supposedly built, rejected the report.

In this article: CIA, Allegation, Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuania, Al-qaida, Vilnius, Dick Marty, and Council of Europe

...meetings, but by mid-1988 their participation became a political necessity. A Sajudis rally on June 24, 1988, was attended by Algirdas Brazauskas, then party secretary for industrial affairs. In October 1988, Brazauskas was appointed first...

In this article: Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis, Soviet Union, and Vilnius

...municipality) is a former acting Prime Minister of Lithuania. He took office on 1 June 2006 following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas, but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become Prime Minister. He was succeeded on 4...

In this article: Zigmantas Balcytis, Minister of Finance, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, and Gediminas Kirkilas

...Griskevicius February 18, 1974 - November 14, 1987 Ringaudas Bronislovas Songaila December 1, 1987 - October 19, 1988 Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (Continued as First Secretary of Independent Communist Party to December, 1990) October 19,...

In this article: The Communist Party, Lithuania, Communist Party of Lithuania, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Antanas Snieckus, Mykolas Burokevicius, Soviet Union, Central Committee, and Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania

...1990. LDDP was led by Algirdas Brazauskas, the first president of independent Lithuania. Because Brazauskas was elected as the first president, he was required to stop his activities in any parties. Adolfas Slezevicius became the party...

In this article: Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Seimas, Ceslovas Jursenas, Adolfas Slezevicius, and Lithuania

...Valdas Adamkus expressed no confidence in two of the Ministers, formerly party colleagues of Brazauskas, over ethical principles. Brazauskas decided not to remain in office as acting Prime Minister, and announced that he was finally...

In this article: Lithuania, Seimas, Rolandas Paksas, Valdas Adamkus, Arturas Paulauskas, European Union, New Union, and Social Democratic Party of Lithuania

...leader Mikhail Gorbachev was filmed castigating Lithuanian leaders: "You are not savages, you will never leave," he shouted. Algirdas Brazauskas, a former president and prime minister of Lithuania, and 20 years ago the leader of the...

In this article: Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite, Moscow, Vytautas Landsbergis, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vilnius, and Free dance

...Communist party soon adopted. By chance I was the only foreign reporter in Vilnius on June 24 1989, when the Communist leader, Algirdas Brazauskas, recommended to his central committee that they break with the Soviet party. No other...

In this article: Lithuania, EU, Mikhail Gorbachev, Popular front, Communist party, Jerusalem, and Vilnius

...had barred it from proceeding with the sale of a majority stake in a Lithuanian refinery. Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas earlier said Yukos had rejected a Lithuanian government bid to buy its majority stake in the Mazeikiu...

In this article: Yukos, Dell, United States, Bankruptcy, Starbucks, Microsoft, Injunction, Mazeikiu Nafta, World Trade Organization, and Rob Portman