Prime Minister of Lithuania

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox official post Template:Politics of Lithuania The prime minister of Lithuania (Template:Langx, Template:Literal translation, colloquially also referred to as the premier Template:Langx) is the head of government of Lithuania. The prime minister is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. The modern office of prime minister was established in 1990, when Lithuania declared its independence, although the official title was "Chairperson of the Council of Ministers" until 25 November 1992.

Historically, the title of prime minister was also used between 1918 and 1940. This was during the original Republic of Lithuania, which lasted from the collapse of the Russian Empire until the country's annexation by the Soviet Union.

List

Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission (1812)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office<ref name="Iki1940">Template:Cite web</ref>			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Jozef Sierakowski (99607560).jpg	Józef Sierakowski (1765–1831) Acting	1 July 1812	18 July 1812	17 days	Independent	Sierakowski
2	File:Stanisław Sołtan.JPG	Stanisław Sołtan (1756–1836) 1st time	18 July 1812	24 August 1812	36 days	Independent	Sołtan I
3	File:General comte Dirk van Hogendorp (1762-1822), Aide-de-camp of Napoléon Bonaparte, by French school of the 19th century.jpg	Dirk van Hogendorp (1761–1822)	24 August 1812	29 September 1812	36 days	Independent	Hogendorp
4	File:Stanisław Sołtan.JPG	Stanisław Sołtan (1756–1836) 2nd time	29 September 1812	14 December 1812 (de facto) July 1813 (de jure)	76 days (de facto) 10 months (de jure)	Independent	Sołtan II

Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office<ref name="Iki1940">Template:Cite web</ref>			Political party		Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Augustinas Voldemaras.jpg	Augustinas Voldemaras Template:Small 1st time	11 November 1918	26 December 1918	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Party of National Progress	Voldemaras I
2	File:Sleževičius Mykolas (3x4 cropped).jpg	Mykolas Sleževičius Template:Small 1st time	26 December 1918	5 March 1919	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Peasant Union	Sleževičius I
3	File:Pranas Dovydaitis (3x4 cropped).jpg	Pranas Dovydaitis Template:Small	13 March 1919	12 April 1919	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	Dovydaitis
Template:Small	File:Sleževičius Mykolas (3x4 cropped).jpg	Mykolas Sleževičius Template:Small 2nd time	12 April 1919	2 October 1919	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Peasant Union	Sleževičius II
4	File:Ernestas-Galvanauskas.jpg	Ernestas Galvanauskas Template:Small 1st time	7 October 1919	15 June 1920	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Galvanauskas I
5	File:Kazys Grinius (3x4 cropped).jpg	Kazys Grinius Template:Small	19 June 1920	18 January 1922	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union	Grinius
Template:Small	File:Ernestas-Galvanauskas.jpg	Ernestas Galvanauskas Template:Small 2nd time	2 February 1922	17 June 1924	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Galvanauskas II–III–IV
6	File:No image.svg	Antanas Tumėnas Template:Small	18 June 1924	27 January 1925	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	Tumėnas
7	File:Petrulis Vyautas (3x4 cropped).jpg	Vytautas Petrulis Template:Small	4 February 1925	19 September 1925	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Farmers' Association	Petrulis
8	File:Leonas Bistras.jpg	Leonas Bistras Template:Small	25 September 1925	31 May 1926	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	Bistras
Template:Small	File:Sleževičius Mykolas (3x4 cropped).jpg	Mykolas Sleževičius Template:Small 3rd time	15 June 1926	17 December 1926	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union	Sleževičius III
Template:Small	File:Augustinas Voldemaras.jpg	Augustinas Voldemaras Template:Small 2nd time	17 December 1926	19 September 1929	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Voldemaras II
9	File:Tūbelis Juozas (3x4 cropped).jpg	Juozas Tūbelis Template:Small	23 September 1929	24 March 1938	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Tūbelis I–II–III
10	File:Vladas Mironas.jpg	Vladas Mironas Template:Small	24 March 1938	28 March 1939	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Mironas I–II
11	File:Jonas Černius (3x4 cropped).jpg	Jonas Černius Template:Small	28 March 1939	21 November 1939	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Černius
12	File:Antanas Merkys (3x4 cropped).jpg	Antanas Merkys Template:Small	21 November 1939	15 June 1940	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Merkys

Following the ultimatum in June 1940, the forces of Soviet Union entered Lithuania, prompting President Antanas Smetona to flee the country. Antanas Merkys, who assumed the position of acting president in accordance with the constitution, soon announced he had taken over the Presidency on a permanent basis and appointed Justas Paleckis, favored by the Soviet authorities, as the Prime Minister ahead of the "people's government". Merkys soon resigned, allowing Paleckis to assume the post of acting president as well.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The presidency of Merkys is not recognized as legitimate in modern Lithuania<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Paleckis is not listed as an interwar Prime Minister in government sources.<ref name="Iki1940" />

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
–	File:Justas Paleckis 1961c (3x4 cropped).jpg	Justas Paleckis Template:Small	17 June 1940	24 June 1940	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania
–	File:Krėvė MickevičiusV (3x4 cropped).jpg	Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius Template:Small	24 June 1940	1 July 1940	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania	People's Government

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR
1	File:No image.png	Mečislovas Gedvilas Template:Small	25 August 1940	2 April 1946	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
1	File:No image.png	Mečislovas Gedvilas Template:Small	2 April 1946	16 January 1956	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania
2	File:No image.png	Motiejus Šumauskas Template:Small	16 January 1956	14 April 1967	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania
3	File:No image.png	Juozas Maniušis Template:Small	14 April 1967	16 January 1981	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania
4		Ringaudas Songaila Template:Small	16 January 1981	18 November 1985	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania
5		Vytautas Sakalauskas Template:Small	18 November 1985	17 March 1990	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Communist Party of Lithuania

Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
–	File:Juozas Ambrazevičius-Brazaitis.jpg	Juozas Ambrazevičius Template:Small	23 June 1941	5 August 1941	Template:Ayd	Provisional Government

Republic of Lithuania (1990–present)

From 11 March 1990 after adopting the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.

Political parties and affiliations: Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government Template:Small	Seimas
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Kazimira Prunskienė 2008.jpg	Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė Template:Small	17 March 1990	10 January 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent Template:Small	Prunskienė Template:Small	Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas Template:Small
2	File:No image.png	Albertas Šimėnas Template:Small	10 January 1991	13 January 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent Template:Small	Šimėnas Template:Small
3	File:Gediminas Vagnorius (1996).png	Gediminas Vagnorius Template:Small	13 January 1991	21 July 1992	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent Template:Small	Vagnorius I Template:Small
4	File:Aleksandras Algirdas Abišala 2008.jpg	Aleksandras Abišala Template:Small	21 July 1992	26 November 1992	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent Template:Small	Abišala Template:Small
5	File:BronislLubys (cropped).jpg	Bronislovas Lubys Template:Small	12 December 1992	10 March 1993	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent Template:Small	Lubys Template:Small	6 Template:Small
6	File:No image.png	Adolfas Šleževičius Template:Small	10 March 1993	8 February 1996	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Democratic Labour Party Template:Small	Šleževičius Template:Small
7	File:No image.png	Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius Template:Small	23 February 1996	19 November 1996	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Democratic Labour Party Template:Small	Stankevičius Template:Small
Template:Small	File:Gediminas Vagnorius (1996).png	Gediminas Vagnorius Template:Small	4 December 1996	3 May 1999	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Homeland Union Template:Small	Vagnorius II Template:Small	7 Template:Small
–	File:Ministru prezidents tiekas ar Lietuvas Seima priekšsēdētāju (4367873226).jpg	Irena Degutienė Template:Small	4 May 1999	18 May 1999	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Homeland Union Template:Small	Vagnorius II Template:Small
8	File:PAKSAS Rolandas.png	Rolandas Paksas Template:Small	18 May 1999	27 October 1999	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Homeland Union Template:Small	Paksas I Template:Small
–	File:Ministru prezidents tiekas ar Lietuvas Seima priekšsēdētāju (4367873226).jpg	Irena Degutienė Template:Small	27 October 1999	3 November 1999	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Homeland Union Template:Small	Paksas I Template:Small
9	File:Andrius Kubilius 2012.jpg	Andrius Kubilius Template:Small	3 November 1999	19 October 2000	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Homeland Union Template:Small	Kubilius I Template:Small
Template:Small	File:PAKSAS Rolandas.png	Rolandas Paksas Template:Small	27 October 2000	20 June 2001	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Liberal Union Template:Small	Paksas II Template:Small	8 Template:Small
–	File:Eugenijus Gentvilas by Augustas Didzgalvis (3x4 cropped).jpg	Eugenijus Gentvilas Template:Small	20 June 2001	4 July 2001	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Liberal Union Template:Small	Paksas II Template:Small
10	File:Litauens statsminister, Algirdis Mykolas Brazauskas, vid presskonferens under Nordiska radets session i Stockholm.jpg	Algirdas Brazauskas Template:Small	4 July 2001	1 June 2006	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democrats Template:Small	Brazauskas I Template:Small
						Brazauskas II Template:Small		9 Template:Small
–	File:Min-Balčytis.jpg	Zigmantas Balčytis Template:Small	1 June 2006	18 July 2006	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democrats Template:Small		Brazauskas II Template:Small
11	File:Gediminas Kirkilas 2007.jpg	Gediminas Kirkilas Template:Small	6 July 2006	17 November 2008	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democrats Template:Small		Kirkilas Template:Small
Template:Small	File:Andrius Kubilius 2012.jpg	Andrius Kubilius Template:Small	9 December 2008	13 December 2012	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Homeland Union Template:Small	Kubilius II Template:Small	10 Template:Small
12	File:Algirdas Butkevičius 2015.jpg	Algirdas Butkevičius Template:Small	13 December 2012	13 December 2016	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democrats Template:Small	Butkevičius Template:Small	11 Template:Small
13	File:Саулюс Сквернялис (32227351496).jpg	Saulius Skvernelis Template:Small	13 December 2016	11 December 2020	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent Template:Small	Skvernelis Template:Small	12 Template:Small
14	File:Ingrida Simonyte 2019 crop 2 (3x4 cropped).jpg	Ingrida Šimonytė Template:Small	11 December 2020	12 December 2024	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Homeland Union Template:Small	Šimonytė Template:Small	13 Template:Small
15	File:Gintautas Paluckas by Augustas Didzgalvis (cropped)(correct angle version).jpg	Gintautas Paluckas Template:Small	12 December 2024	4 August 2025	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democrats Template:Small	Paluckas Template:Small	14 Template:Small
–	File:Rimantas Šadžius EC 2025 (cropped).jpg	Rimantas Šadžius Template:Small	4 August 2025	25 September 2025	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democrats Template:Small	Paluckas Template:Small
16	File:Inga Ruginienė 1025 (cropped).jpeg	Inga Ruginienė Template:Small	25 September 2025	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Social Democrats Template:Small	Ruginienė Template:Small

See also

• Lists of office-holders
• Grand Chancellor of Lithuania

Timeline

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 from: 11/11/1918 till: 26/12/1918 color:tpp
 from: 17/12/1926 till: 19/09/1929 color:lts     text:"Augustinas Voldemaras"
bar:Sleževičius
 from: 26/12/1918 till: 05/03/1919 color:vs
 from: 12/04/1919 till: 02/10/1919 color:vs
 from: 15/06/1926 till: 17/12/1926 color:lvls    text:"Mykolas Sleževičius"
bar:Dovydaitis
 from: 13/03/1919 till: 12/04/1919 color:lkdp    text:"Pranas Dovydaitis"
bar:Galvanauskas
 from: 07/10/1919 till: 15/06/1920 color:ind
 from: 02/02/1922 till: 17/06/1924 color:ind     text:"Ernestas Galvanauskas"
bar:Grinius
 from: 19/06/1920 till: 18/01/1922 color:lvls    text:"Kazys Grinius"
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 from: 18/06/1924 till: 27/01/1925 color:lkdp    text:"Antanas Tumėnas"
bar:Petrulis
 from: 04/02/1925 till: 19/09/1925 color:us      text:"Vytautas Petrulis"
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 from: 25/09/1925 till: 31/05/1926 color:lkdp    text:"Leonas Bistras"
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 from: 23/09/1929 till: 24/03/1938 color:lts     text:"Juozas Tūbelis"
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 from: 24/03/1938 till: 28/03/1939 color:lts     text:"Vladas Mironas"
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 from: 28/03/1939 till: 21/11/1939 color:lts     text:"Jonas Černius"
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 from: 21/11/1939 till: 15/06/1940 color:lts     text:"Antanas Merkys"
bar:Paleckis
 from: 17/06/1940 till: 24/06/1940 color:lkp     text:"Justas Paleckis"
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 from: 24/06/1940 till: 01/07/1940 color:ind     text:"Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius"
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 from: 25/08/1940 till: 16/01/1956 color:lkp     text:"Mečislovas Gedvilas"
bar:Ambrazevičius
 from: 23/06/1941 till: 05/08/1941 color:vlik    text:"Juozas Ambrazevičius (alternative)"
bar:Šumauskas
 from: 16/01/1956 till: 14/04/1967 color:lkp     text:"Motiejus Šumauskas"
bar:Maniušis
 from: 14/04/1967 till: 16/01/1981 color:lkp     text:"Juozas Maniušis"
bar:Songaila
 from: 16/01/1981 till: 18/11/1985 color:lkp     text:"Ringaudas Songaila"
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 from: 18/11/1985 till: 11/03/1990 color:lkp     text:"Vytautas Sakalauskas"
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 from: 11/03/1990 till: 10/01/1991 color:sajudis text:"Kazimira Prunskienė"
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 from: 10/01/1991 till: 13/01/1991 color:sajudis text:"Albertas Šimėnas"
bar:Vagnorius
 from: 13/01/1991 till: 21/07/1992 color:sajudis
 from: 04/12/1996 till: 03/05/1999 color:ts      text:"Gediminas Vagnorius"
bar:Abišala
 from: 21/07/1992 till: 26/11/1992 color:sajudis text:"Aleksandras Abišala"
bar:Lubys
 from: 12/12/1992 till: 10/03/1993 color:lddp    text:"Bronislovas Lubys"
bar:Šleževičius
 from: 10/03/1993 till: 08/02/1996 color:lddp    text:"Adolfas Šleževičius"
bar:Stankevičius
 from: 23/02/1996 till: 19/11/1996 color:lddp    text:"Laurynas Stankevičius"
bar:Paksas
 from: 01/05/1999 till: 27/10/1999 color:ts
 from: 27/10/2000 till: 20/06/2001 color:lls     text:"Rolandas Paksas"
bar:Degutiene
 from: 27/10/1999 till: 03/11/1999 color:ts      text:"Irena Degutienė (acting)"
bar:Kubilius
 from: 03/11/1999 till: 19/10/2000 color:ts
 from: 09/12/2008 till: 13/12/2012 color:ts      text:"Andrius Kubilius"
bar:Gentvilas
 from: 20/06/2001 till: 04/07/2001 color:lls     text:"Eugenijus Gentvilas (acting)"
bar:Brazauskas
 from: 04/07/2001 till: 15/11/2004 color:lsdp
 from: 29/11/2004 till: 01/06/2006 color:lsdp    text:"Algirdas Brazauskas"
bar:Balcytis
 from: 01/06/2006 till: 18/07/2006 color:lsdp    text:"Zigmantas Balčytis (acting)"
bar:Kirkilas
 from: 06/07/2006 till: 17/11/2008 color:lsdp    text:"Gediminas Kirkilas"
bar:Butkevičius
 from: 13/12/2012 till: 13/12/2016 color:lsdp    text:"Algirdas Butkevičius"
bar:Skvernelis
 from: 13/12/2016 till: 11/12/2020 color:lvzs    text:"Saulius Skvernelis"
bar:Šimonytė
 from: 11/12/2020 till: 12/12/2024 color:ts      text:"Ingrida Šimonytė"
bar:Paluckas
 from: 12/12/2024 till: 04/08/2025 color:lsdp    text:"Gintautas Paluckas"
bar:Sadzius
 from: 04/08/2025 till: 25/09/2025 color:lsdp    text:"Rimantas Šadžius (acting)"
bar:Ruginienė
 from: 25/09/2025 till: $today     color:lsdp    text:"Inga Ruginienė"

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External links

• Template:In lang Official site