Jonas Staugaitis

Jonas Staugaitis (pronunciation ; May 20, 1868, Omentiškiai, Suwałki Governorate – January 18, 1952, Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état.[1] 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.

Jonas Staugaitis.

He was a doctor, having studied at the Warsaw University. In 1919, he was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) as a member of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. On June 2, 1926, he was elected the speaker of Seimas.[2]

He is buried in the Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

References
  1. "Jonas Staugaitis" (in Lithuanian). Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. "Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas. February 10, 2020.
Preceded by
Kazys Grinius		 President of Lithuania
(acting)
18 December 1926 – 19 December 1926		 Succeeded by
Aleksandras Stulginskis
(acting)
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