Algirdas Saudargas

Algirdas Saudargas (born April 17, 1948) is a Lithuanian politician and the signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He was the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Lithuania. He was foreign minister from March 24, 1990, to December 12, 1992, and again from December 4, 1996, to October 30, 2000. In 1992, Algirdas Saudargas, together with 9 other Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs and an EU commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.[1]

He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.

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Seimas New constituency Member of the Seimas for Vilijampolė 1990–1992 Succeeded byArimantas Juvencijus Raškinis (Aleksotas-Vilijampolė) Preceded byRytas Kupčinskas Member of the Seimas for Aleksotas-Vilijampolė 2000–2004 Succeeded byRytas Kupčinskas Preceded byStasys Lozoraitis Jr. as Chief of Lithuanian Diplomatic Service Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania 1990–1992 Succeeded byPovilas Gylys Preceded byPovilas Gylys Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania 1996–2000 Succeeded byAntanas Valionis

References

  1. ^ Kristensen, Gustav N. 2010. Born into a Dream. EuroFaculty and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Berliner Wissentshafts-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8305-1769-6.


Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
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