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Apr 04, 1883 Dysna, Kovno Governorate, Lithuania Died on 16 Dec 1942 (aged 59)
Prime Minister of Lithuania
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About Augustinas Voldemaras
- Augustinas Voldemaras (16 April 1883 – 16 May 1942) was a Lithuanian nationalist political figure.
- He briefly served as the country's first prime minister in 1918 and continued serving as the minister of foreign affairs until 1920, representing the fledgling Lithuanian state at the Versailles Peace Conference and the League of Nations.
- After some time in academia, Voldemaras returned to politics in 1926, when he was elected to the Third Seimas. Dissatisfied with the left-wing government of President Kazys Grinius, Voldemaras and fellow nationalist Antanas Smetona supported the military coup d'état in December 1926 and he was appointed as the prime minister for a second time.
- A brilliant orator, Voldemaras represented the radical wing of the Lithuanian Nationalist Union that was increasingly critical of the more moderate policies of President Smetona.
- Smetona had Voldemaras removed from office in September 1929 and exiled to Zarasai.
- Voldemaras was arrested in 1934 after a failed coup against Smetona and served a prison sentence until exiled to France in 1938.
- Returning to Lithuania soon after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, he was promptly arrested by the Soviet authorities and died in their custody in Moscow.
