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Antanas Merkys

1887 - 1955

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Antanas Merkys (; 1 February 1887 – 5 March 1955) was the last Prime Minister of independent Lithuania, serving from November 1939 to June 1940. When the Soviet Union presented an ultimatum to Lithuania demanding that it accept a Soviet garrison, President Antanas Smetona fled the country leaving Merkys as acting president. Merkys ostensibly cooperated with the Soviets, and illegally took over the presidency in his own right. After three days, Merkys handed power to Justas Paleckis, who formed the People's Government of Lithuania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antanas Merkys is the 8,501st most popular politician (up from 8,727th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 64th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antanas Merkys ranks 8,501 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Enrico Mattei, Kamehameha III, Peter Fraser, Johnny Briceño, and Laura Mancini. After him are Haya bint Hussein, Joseph Kabila, Vladislav I of Wallachia, Bonosus, Festus Mogae, and Brennus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Antanas Merkys ranks 98. Before him are René Spitz, Rudolph Lewis, Octave Lapize, Louis Jouvet, Miklós Kállay, and Hanns Kerrl. After him are Mario Roatta, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Georg Heym, Lil Dagover, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, and Samuil Marshak. Among people deceased in 1955, Antanas Merkys ranks 67. Before him are Tommy Burns, Adolfo de la Huerta, Emma Jung, Tin Ujević, Konstantin Hierl, and Emmett Till. After him are Robert W. Wood, Reiner Stahel, Louis Lachenal, Carl Milles, Arthur Tansley, and Isak Samokovlija.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Antanas Merkys ranks 61 out of 328. Before him are Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885), Uljana Semjonova (1952), Hermann Sudermann (1857), and Elazar Shach (1898). After him are Rolandas Paksas (1956), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Joseph Klausner (1874), and Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Antanas Merkys ranks 28. Before him are Leo Jogiches (1867), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Gediminas Kirkilas (1951), Jonas Basanavičius (1851), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), and Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885). After him are Rolandas Paksas (1956), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Daumantas of Pskov (1240), and Ingrida Šimonytė (1974).

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