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Jonas Staugaitis

1868 - 1952

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Jonas Staugaitis (; 20 May 1868 in Omentiškiai, Suwałki Governorate – 18 January 1952 in Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état. He was formally elected for a few hours as the Speaker of the Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he also became the de jure President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete. He was a medical doctor, having studied at the University of Warsaw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonas Staugaitis is the 13,139th most popular politician (up from 13,522nd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 130th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Lithuanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jonas Staugaitis ranks 13,139 out of 19,576Before him are San Yu, Akmal Ikramov, Enda Kenny, Rachida Dati, Orso II Participazio, and Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. After him are Max Petitpierre, Ulises Heureaux, Cem Özdemir, Osip Piatnitsky, Lino Červar, and Walter Momper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Jonas Staugaitis ranks 148Before him are Patriarch Miron of Romania, René de Saussure, Richard Teichmann, José Vianna da Motta, Max von Schillings, and Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo. After him are Wallace Clement Sabine, Panagis Tsaldaris, Mihailo Petrović, Edward S. Curtis, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, and Nikolaos Trikoupis. Among people deceased in 1952, Jonas Staugaitis ranks 107Before him are László Berti, Arturo Rawson, Alberto Savinio, Nikos Beloyannis, Solomon Lozovsky, and Artur Kapp. After him are Sergey Merkurov, John Garfield, Roger Vitrac, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Yakov Frenkel, and Edward S. Curtis.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Jonas Staugaitis ranks 116 out of 328Before him are Laurynas Gucevičius (1753), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), Algirdas Butkevičius (1958), Virgilijus Alekna (1972), Romas Kalanta (1953), and Yakov Smushkevich (1902). After him are Osip Piatnitsky (1882), Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953), Maironis (1862), Aharon Barak (1936), Jacques Sernas (1925), and Joe Slovo (1926).

Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Jonas Staugaitis ranks 42Before him are Antanas Sniečkus (1903), Alma Adamkienė (1927), Artūras Paulauskas (1953), Morta (1210), Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas (1880), and Algirdas Butkevičius (1958). After him are Osip Piatnitsky (1882), Aharon Barak (1936), Joe Slovo (1926), Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882), Grigory Gershuni (1870), and Stanisław Narutowicz (1862).