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	President of the Republic of Lithuania - Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
		Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was born into a family of civil servants in Rokiškis in 1932.
		After the LDLP won the parliamentary elections in October 1992, Algirdas Brazauskas was elected Chairman of the Seimas of Lithuania and became acting President of the country (on 25 November 1992).
		Algirdas Brazauskas is Doctor of Economics and Honorary Doctor of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Kiev University, Minsk Humanitarian University and Kaunas Technological University.
	www.president.lt /institution/istorija/4 (426 words)

	Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was born in Rokiskis on September 22, 1932.
		Brazauskas was elected Chair man of the Seimas and the acting President of the Republic.
		On February 14, 1993, Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was elected President of the Republic of Lithuania.
	www.ktl.mii.lt /prezidentai/Brazauskas_e.html (294 words)

	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung - Druckversion: EU-Erweiterung
		In 1974, Algirdas Brazauskas was granted the degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences.
		Algirdas Brazauskas, who was elected to the Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania, is a signatory to the Act on the Restoration of the Independence of Lithuania that was passed by the Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania on 11 March 1990.
		After the LDLP won the parliamentary elections in October 1992, Algirdas Brazauskas was elected Chairman of the Seimas of Lithuania and became acting President of the country.
	www.bpb.de /popup/popup_druckversion.html?guid=6KMR9M (460 words)

	Brazauskas set to maintain PM's position
		"I hope that the coalition-proposed candidate to head the government, Algirdas Brazauskas, who has extensive political experience, will take care of the country's stability and work hard to retain the state's strategic direction," the president said, adding that his choice was based on the new ruling majority's will.
		Brazauskas has been prime minister since 2001 and led the longest-serving government in Lithuania's postindependence history.
		In the meantime, Brazauskas continues to draw fire in the media for his plans to nominate Arunas Kundrotas as environment minister.
	www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/11386 (756 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas made a speech at the Congress and stressed the necessity to clarify all expressions of the Holocaust in Lithuania in order to restore the tolerance the country was once famous for.
		Brazauskas assured that the government was ready to respond to the needs of the local Jewish community, reiterating the recent decision to transfer the ownership rights of 313 Torahs to Lithuanian Jews.
		Brazauskas met the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and discussed the issues of transport and transit, energy, economic cooperation between the two countries, and Lithuania's cooperation with the neighbouring Kaliningrad region.
	www.lfpr.lt /018/18.doc (4895 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		Brazauskas initially denied the reports, claiming that he went to Moscow for a friend's birthday.
		Brazauskas recently changed his stance on Mazeikiai Nafta, the oil refinery that is operated by the American company, Williams International, which, until recently, owned 33 percent of the refinery's shares.
		Brazauskas phoned Minister of Economics Eugenijus Gentvilas (LLU), who had been appointed caretaker prime minister, and pressed him not to sign the deal, arguing the need to avoid haste in taking important decisions.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol10num4/constitutionwatch/lithuania.html (1575 words)

	Lithuanian government resigns amidst bitter intrigues over privatisations
		Brazauskas, elected Lithuanian president in 1994 while his renamed Democratic Labour Party was in government, was the first leader in the Baltic states to apply for NATO membership and is a close political ally of Polish president, ex-Stalinist Aleksander Kwasniewski.
		No sooner had Brazauskas given the deal the nod, than fellow party member and former dissident Vytenis Andriukaitis accused Williams of “corruption” and vowed to “fight them to the end.” Caretaker prime minister Eugenijus Gentvilas demanded that evidence of corruption be presented, while Williams insisted that all was morally perfect with their operation.
		Brazauskas immediately reassured the company, stating that “No one is trying to expel Williams from Lithuania”, yet days later he opined “this type of the deal, regardless of how it was formulated, is detrimental for our state”.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/jul2001/lith-j09_prn.shtml (1747 words)

	Lithuania - Politics
		Brazauskas came from the Lithuanian Democratic Labor Party (LDLP), successor to the Communist Party of Lithuania.
		Brazauskas agreed to serve as one of the deputy prime ministers.
		Brazauskas was catapulted to office by the rural population.
	countrystudies.us /lithuania/23.htm (1457 words)

	BHHRG
		VILNIUS — Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas stressed that the new European Union and NATO member is not considering recalling its troops from Iraq.
		Brazauskas' statement came after Lithuania's parliamentary NATO commission chairman called on the government to increase defence funding or rethink the Baltic country's participation in the US-led mission in Iraq.
		Brazauskas said funding for the military would be increased.
	www.bhhrg.org /mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=485 (243 words)

	Politics of Lithuania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This pattern was broken in the October 2000 elections when the Liberal Union and New Union parties won the most votes and were able to form a centrist ruling coalition with minor partners.
		In July 2001, the center-left New Union party forged an alliance with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and formed a new cabinet under former president Algirdas Brazauskas.
		The cabinet of Algirdas Brazauskas is made up mostly of nonparty technocrats and has emphasized the need for financial discipline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Lithuania (692 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		The victory celebration of Brazauskas and SDC was short, since the parties in the number two and three slots—the Lithuanian Liberal Union (LLU) and NU(SL)—immediately announced their intention to form a coalition.
		Brazauskas, the moderate and populist former leader of LCP and LDLP, was not on SDC’s party list and did not participate in the election.
		Formally, Brazauskas is not even a member of LDLP, since he did not restore his membership after it was suspended when he became president in 1993 (as required by Art.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol9num4/constitutionwatch/lithuania.html (2055 words)

	Lithuania : Government : Presidents of Lithuania : A.M. Brazauskas
		It was his grandfather Kazimieras who put an end to the dynasty of peasants - he, after acquiring the speciality of a telegraphist, worked at a railway station.
		Brazauskas spent his childhood and youth in Kaisiadorys, where his parents came to live already before the war, since his Mother was from this locality.
		Its leader A. Brazauskas was elected Chair man of the Seimas and the acting President of the Republic.
	www1.omnitel.net /ramunas/Lietuva/lt_government_presidents_brazauskas.shtml (309 words)

	NCSJ - Jewish Property, Lithuanian Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In January, Brazauskas formed a working group to address restitution issues, but he says its implementation is largely dependent on nonsubordinate institutions and Parliament.
		Brazauskas said returning Jewish property is "very closely related" to Lithuania´s acceptance into Euro-Atlantic alliances like NATO and the European Union.
		Brazauskas tasted such sentiments in 1995, when as president he received widespread criticism in Lithuania when he apologized for his nation´s contribution to the Holocaust during a visit to Israel.
	www.ncsj.org /AuxPages/040802Lithuania.shtml (292 words)

	Pravda.RU Lithuanian Prime Minister on relations with Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas of Lithuania is to arrive on a working visit in Moscow October 20.
		Brazauskas admitted that the citizens of both countries didn't perceive this transit procedure as very convenient.
		Brazauskas would like to discuss bilateral cooperation issues, such as the protection of the Baltic Sea (where Russia intends to set up oil rigs), railroad transport, as well as the ratification of economic cooperation documents with the Russian leadership.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2003/10/20/50615.html (1965 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Brazauskas returns as Lithuanian PM
		Brazauskas returns as Lithuanian PM Lithuania's parliament has approved veteran Communist-era leader Algirdas Brazauskas as the country's new prime minister in an attempt to resolve a two-week-old government crisis.
		Mr Brazauskas was Communist Party boss during Lithuania's bid for independence from the USSR, then president from 1993 to 1998, when he was replaced by Valdas Adamkus, a former US citizen.
		Mr Brazauskas has said he will speed up the reforms aimed at securing EU and Nato membership, while also putting greater emphasis on social programmes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/1420594.stm (454 words)

	AB "MAZEIKIU NAFTA" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After the meeting, Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas together with the top managers of YUKOS took a tour of the Refinery and had a meeting with Mazeikiu Nafta employees.
		The meeting today between the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Algirdas Brazauskas, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a part of cooperation between the major shareholders to make improvements to ensure the success of Mazeikiu Nafta”.
		Algirdas Brazauskas visited Mazeikiu Nafta for the first time since he was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania.
	www.nafta.lt /en/news_item.php?pid=1&id=9 (233 words)

	Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 1992 - 1996
		The Seimas convened on November 25, 1992, and elected Algirdas Brazauskas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party, Chairman of the Seimas.
		Algirdas Brazauskas was authorised by the Seimas to act as President of Lithuania.
		On 14 February 1993, during the first universal suffrage, Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was elected President of the Republic of Lithuania.
	www3.lrs.lt /seimu_istorija/w3_viewer.ViewTheme-p_int_tv_id=42&p_kalb_id=2&p_org=0.htm (913 words)

	Latvian Nazis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The little-known former prosecutor-general was tipped as the choice of the political left to succeed President Algirdas Brazauskas, who decided to bow out of politics due to age and background as the former Lithuanian Communist Party boss.
		Paulauskas was the first prosecutor-general of Lithuania following the restoration of independence, and took charge of the fight against organised crime during the early years of the 1990s.
		Paulauskas spurned his old mentor Algirdas Brazauskas, who came back from political retirement to lead a united left, and the campaigning between the two grew vicious.
	www.aeronautics.ru /archive/wwii/baltic_nazis/latvia/bio_005.htm (508 words)

	GOVERNMENT of the REPUBLIC of LITHUANIA News
		In the Government palace Algirdas Brazauskas met with the Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi.
		Brazauskas is an official guest of the National Days at EXPO 2005 in Nagoya.
		Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas received Minister of State for Europe of the United Kingdom Douglas Alexander on Monday.
	www.lrv.lt /main_en.php?cat=19&page=9 (642 words)

	Central Europe Review - Lithuania: Voting for Instability
		However, late momentum proved to be stronger than CER predicted, as the rapid rise in popularity of the Brazauskas left-wing bloc soared further after the last Vilmorus poll.
		The Brazauskas bloc did quite well in both parts of the vote with a combined 50 seats in the 141-member body.
		Ex-President Brazauskas, suggesting a return to political retirement after failing to achieve a majority, has acted as a catalyst in the consolidation of the left.
	www.ce-review.org /00/35/amber35.html (1885 words)

	Lithuanian Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		VILNIUS, Lithuania -- A left-wing group led by Lithuania's ex-Communist Party boss Algirdas Brazauskas fell short of the support needed to form a government in the weekend's national elections.
		The Social Democrats became the biggest bloc in parliament, but its failure to win outright means parties had to begin work Monday on a viable coalition agreement.
		The Social Democrats won 31 percent of the proportional vote with ballots from all 2,027 polling stations counted.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/10/10/017-print.html (96 words)

	GENERAL ELECTIONS IN LITHUANIA
		The appointment of the future Prime Minister will not however be an easy task, since Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas, supported by the President of the Seimas, Arturas Paulauskas, has said on several occasions that he is determined to retain his position.
		This survey also revealed that around one quarter of rightwing sympathisers (23% in favour of the Liberal Union-Central Union and 22% for the Pro-Patria Union-Conservatives) were however in favour of the upkeep of the outgoing government.
		On Monday Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas suggested a minority government comprising the Social Democrat Party, Social Liberal Party and Liberal-Central Union.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/lituanie/legislatives/resultats2.htm (936 words)

	UKRINFORM: news from Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On June 4 Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas of Lithuania will arrive in Kyiv on a three-day official visit to Ukraine.
		Mr Brazauskas is supposed to hold meetings and talks with President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Foreign Minister Anatoli Zlenko.
		Algirdas Brazauskas will attend a session of the mixed Ukrainian-Lithuanian Intergovernmental Council for cooperation, a Ukrainian-Lithuanian business forum.
	www.ukremb.com /news/news-0305/030530-12.html (163 words)

	Coalition quashes commission, incites new wave of anger in opposition
		VILNIUS - Despite the opposition’s sudden victory in setting up a commission to investigate Prime Minster Algirdas Brazauskas’ family deals, the coalition managed to reign in its forces and have the ad hoc body quashed before it ever got started.
		The Social Democrats, whose party Brazauskas chairs, stated that there was no sense in forming the commission anymore since the prime minister had answered all the opposition’s questions.
		Political analyst Vladimiras Laucius, in his essay to Omni Laikas, wrote, “Lithuania according to Brazauskas is a true wonderland for politicians dodging responsibility.
	www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/14017 (775 words)

	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung - Druckversion: EU-Erweiterung
		Though Lithuania’s economy is among the most rapidly growing economies in the world, with the growth of GDP by almost ten per cent in 2003, we place at the forefront the need to establish and to reinforce the preconditions for stable and long term economic growth.
		Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas is Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania.
		With regard to the recently increased threat of terrorism, special attention should be paid to the strengthening and further development of freedom, security and justice area.
	www.bpb.de /popup/popup_druckversion.html?guid=DALAQQ (355 words)

	Lithuania, a new emerging economy
		The veteran communist leader, Algirdas Brazauskas, is right behind both developments, which shows how bipartisan politics have now become in Lithuania.
		Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas has expressed concern to his Russian colleague, Mikhail Kasyanov, over plans by the Russian oil giant LUKoil to extract oil in the deposit located in the Baltic Sea close to Lithuania's Nida resort, BNS News Agency has reported, quoting the governmental press service.
		The Lithuanian prime minister [Algirdas Brazauskas] is confident that upon signing the documents, things in the loss-making enterprise will turn around.
	www.newnations.com /archive/2002/July/lt.html (1894 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Lithuania urges foreign investors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Opening the forum, Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas called on foreigners "to be more bold in their investments in the oil industry." He spoke about the construction of a Butinge oil terminal near Klaipeda, the reconstruction of the Mazeikiai oil refinery and other projects.
		The main guarantees are "stability in the state and good relations with neighbour-countries which will remain unchanged, " the president said.
		Brazauskas stressed the importance of his future official visit to Russia.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntr74833.htm (217 words)

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