Artūras Paulauskas facts for kids
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Artūras Paulauskas
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Paulauskas in 2015
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| Acting President of Lithuania | |
| In office 6 April 2004 – 12 July 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Algirdas Brazauskas |
| Preceded by | Rolandas Paksas |
| Succeeded by | Valdas Adamkus |
| Ministry of Environment | |
| In office 31 January 2008 – 9 December 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gediminas Kirkilas |
| Preceded by | Arūnas Kundrotas |
| Succeeded by | Gediminas Kazlauskas |
| Speaker of the Seimas | |
| In office 19 October 2000 – 11 April 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Vytautas Landsbergis |
| Succeeded by | Vydas Gedvilas (acting) |
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| Born | 23 August 1953 Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party (1981–1989) Independent (1989–98) New Union (1998–2011) Labour Party (2011–2017) Freedom and Justice (from 2020) |
| Spouse | Jolanta Paulauskienė |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Artūras Paulauskas, born on August 23, 1953, in Vilnius, is a well-known politician from Lithuania. He served as the Speaker of the Seimas, which is like Lithuania's parliament, from 2000 to 2006. He also briefly held the role of Acting President of Lithuania in 2004.
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Early Life and Education
Artūras Paulauskas studied law at Vilnius University. He finished his degree in 1976. After graduating, he started his career working as an investigator. He also worked as a prosecutor.
Legal Career
Paulauskas held important legal positions. From 1987 to 1990, he was the Deputy Prosecutor General of Lithuania. He then became the Prosecutor General of Lithuania, serving from 1990 to 1995. He returned to the Deputy Prosecutor General role from 1995 to 1997. Before entering politics, he worked in private law from 1997 to 2000.
Political Journey
Artūras Paulauskas began his political career by running for President of Lithuania. This was during the 1997–1998 elections. The outgoing President, Algirdas Brazauskas, supported him. Paulauskas almost won, but he lost to Valdas Adamkus by a very small difference.
Founding a New Party
After the election, Paulauskas started a new political party. It was called The New Union (Social Liberals). He became the leader of this party on April 25, 1998. In the 2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, his party did very well. They received almost 20% of the votes.
Speaker of the Seimas
Following the 2000 election, Artūras Paulauskas became the Speaker of the Seimas. This is a very important position in Lithuania's parliament. He started this role on October 19, 2000. He served as Speaker for several years.
Acting President of Lithuania
In 2004, the President at the time, Rolandas Paksas, was removed from office. Because of this, Artūras Paulauskas stepped in as the Acting President of Lithuania. He held this important role from April 6, 2004, until July 12, 2004. New elections were held, and Valdas Adamkus became the new president.
Later Political Roles
On April 11, 2006, Paulauskas was removed from his position as Speaker. Most of the parliament members voted for this change. Later, in 2008, he was chosen to be the Minister of Environment. As Minister, he spoke about the importance of using renewable energy in Lithuania. This was at a United Nations meeting in May 2008.
Recent News
In 2015, news reports mentioned that Artūras Paulauskas was on a list of people who could not enter Russia. This list included many important people from the European Union. Also in 2015, Paulauskas suggested that Lithuania should ban burkas.
See also
In Spanish: Arturas Paulauskas para niños
