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Antanas Smetona

1874 - 1944

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Antanas Smetona (Lithuanian: [ɐnˈtǎːnɐs sʲmʲɛtoːˈnɐ] ; 10 August 1874 – 9 January 1944) was a Lithuanian intellectual, journalist and politician. He served as the first president of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and later as the authoritarian head of state from 1926 until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in 1940. Referred to as the "Leader of the Nation" during his presidency, Smetona is recognised as one of the most important Lithuanian political figures between World War I and World War II, and a prominent ideologist of Lithuanian nationalism and the movement for national revival. Born into a farming family in the village of Užulėnis, Kovno Governorate, Smetona exhibited a strong interest in education and Lithuanian cultural identity from an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antanas Smetona is the 2,284th most popular politician (up from 2,369th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 21st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

Antanas Smetona was a Lithuanian politician who served as the President of Lithuania from 1926 to 1940. He is most famous for his efforts to establish an independent Lithuanian state.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antanas Smetona ranks 2,284 out of 19,576. Before him are Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Francisco Solano López, Phorcys, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Louis the Younger, and Nabopolassar. After him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Psamtik III, Johan de Witt, Mariamne I, Frederick the Fair, and José Antonio Primo de Rivera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Antanas Smetona ranks 30. Before him are Alexander Kolchak, Talaat Pasha, G. K. Chesterton, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, D. F. Malan, and Konstantin Päts. After him are Nicholas Roerich, Abbas II of Egypt, Karl Kraus, Gustav Holst, Reinhold Glière, and Josef Suk. Among people deceased in 1944, Antanas Smetona ranks 40. Before him are Arthur Eddington, Friedrich Olbricht, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Frank Marshall, Wang Jingwei, and Erich Hoepner. After him are Abbas II of Egypt, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Louis Renault, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Gustav Bauer, and Glenn Miller.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Antanas Smetona ranks 17 out of 328. Before him are Romain Gary (1914), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Wilfrid Voynich (1865), Kęstutis (1297), Emilia Plater (1806), and Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956). After him are César Cui (1835), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Jascha Heifetz (1901), Barbara Radziwiłł (1520), and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Antanas Smetona ranks 9. Before him are Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Algirdas (1296), Kęstutis (1297), and Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956). After him are Valdas Adamkus (1926), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Hacı I Giray (1397), Gabriel Narutowicz (1865), and Gitanas Nausėda (1964).

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