Chancellor of Vilcasuamanas
Chancellor of the Republic of Vilcasuamanas | |
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Vilkashuamanos Respublikos Kancleris | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Residence | Kajapas Palace |
Nominator | Seimas of Vilcasuamanas |
Appointer | Supreme Court of Vilcasuamanas |
Term length | Four years renewable once, consecutively |
Inaugural holder | Teodoras Valančius 17th March 1815 |
Formation | first: 1756 Constitution current: 2001 Constitution |
Salary | $220,000 |
The Chancellor of Vilcasuamanas (Ruttish: Vilkasuamanos kancleris) is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Vilcasuamanas, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Vilcasuamanian Armed Forces. This unique fusion of powers, most similar to the Ordennyan model, is unlike most other parliamentary democracies in Kylaris. Usually the leader of the largest party or coalition in the Chamber of Deputies, the Chancellor is elected by the Seimas and confirmed by the Supreme Court. The Chancellor directs government policy through the Cabinet of Vilcasuamanas and through giving (or witholding) legislative assent. The Chamber of Deputies may remove the Chancellor with a vote of no-confidence, triggering a snap election.
The modern executive office of Chancellor was created in 1863 following the Second Vilcasuamanian Civil War, although the position itself has existed since 1815. Since that time, there have been 47 individuals that have held the office, as well as at least five others which have held corresponding positions. The longest-serving Chancellor was Marshal Mauricijus Sprogys, who served 19 years, 4 months and 28 days from 1959 to 1978; the longest-serving democratically-elected Chancellor was Laimis Petrosiumas (1874-1882), at 8 years and 24 days. The shortest serving chancellor was Vladas Strasunskas, who served 24 days in 1927.
The current Chancellor is Vytautas Kaparauskas, of the Sotirian Social Alliance, who has served since November 2015.
History
Powers and duties
Selection process
List
Second Republic (1811-1863)
Political Parties
Unitarian
Liberal
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Seimas (election) |
Political Party | Appointer | |
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1 | Marshal Teodoras Valančius (1760 - 1833) |
17th March 1815 | 24th February 1826 | 11 years and 21 days | I (1818) |
Unitarian | Provisional Seimas (1811-1818) | ||
II (1821) |
Marshal Teodoras Valančius (1818–1833) | ||||||||
Military leader and Provisional President of the Parliamentarian faction during the First Vilcasuamanian Civil War, Valančius was appointed to the position by the Provisional Seimas in 1815 and confirmed in a nationwide election after the war's end. Though he retained the position of President, during his tenure he largely exercised his powers through the chancellorship, setting a precedent that would define the office. Instituted suffrage for all landowning males. | |||||||||
2 | Rolandas Stulginskis (1765 - 1843) |
24th February 1826 | 28th March 1835 | 9 years, 1 month and 4 days | III (1826) |
Unitarian | |||
IV (1828) | |||||||||
V (1831) | |||||||||
Marshal Henrikas Ciplijauskas (1833–1843) | |||||||||
Defaulted Vilcasuamanian war debt, antagonizing Euclean creditors. Commissioned cartographic surveys of interior, laying claim to vast swaths of Scythian rainforest. | |||||||||
3 | Aleksandras Jucys (1796 - 1870) |
28th March 1835 | 11th January 1836 | 9 months and 14 days | — | Unitarian | |||
Reinforced religious tolerance and abolished the Vilcasuamanian Inquisition. Perceived liberal tendencies led to his removal. | |||||||||
4 | Algis Simonavičius (1779 - 1857) |
11th January 1836 | 17th February 1843 | 7 years, 1 month and 6 days | VI (1837) |
Unitarian | |||
VII (1841) | |||||||||
Declared a general amnesty for surviving presidentarians imprisoned from the civil war of 1811. Expanded public education, created 13 National Universities during his tenure, including the National Autonomous University in Biržuventis and the Tauragė Military Academy. | |||||||||
5 | Žygimantas Vingis (1777 - 1843) |
17th February 1843 | 20th August 1843 | 6 months and 3 days | — | Unitarian | Marshal Baltramiejus Jurkunas (1843–1848) | ||
Died in office. | |||||||||
(3) | Aleksandras Jucys (1796 - 1870) |
20th August 1843 | 22nd April 1847 | 3 years, 8 months and 2 days | VIII (1844) |
Unitarian | |||
IX (1845) | |||||||||
Returned to power with support of rural landowners. Instituted lower tariffs, promoting agrarian policies and the mass exportation of coffee, cotton, and tobacco. Criticized for failing to stimulate burgeoning industrial sector. | |||||||||
6 | Vygantas Graičiūnas (1806 - 1863) |
22nd April 1847 | 5th January 1851 | 3 years, 8 months and 14 days | X (1848) |
Unitarian | |||
Marshal Emilis Ancevičius (1848–1853) | |||||||||
Promoted a central banking system, establishing the National Bank of Vilcasuamanas over the protests of the federalists. | |||||||||
7 | Paulius Liaudanskas (1803 - 1882) |
5th January 1851 | 7th July 1852 | 1 year, 2 months and 6 days | XI (1849) |
Liberal | |||
First Liberal and first Calumnior chancellor. Reorganized and professionalized the Vilcasuamanian Army, outlawing the purchase of commissions. Attempted to implement a federal system through the creation of an upper house to act as a senate. Removed due to conservative backlash. | |||||||||
8 | Ažuolas Vilcikauskas (1808 - 1890) |
7th July 1852 | 17th February 1853 | 7 months and 10 days | — | Unitarian | |||
Reversed Liaudanskas' federal reforms, passed Constitution of 1852 stipulating the unitary system and removing the autonomy of the voivodeships. Called the "Constitution of Monstrosities" by liberals and federalists, was removed from 1852 electoral ticket in failed attempt to quell controversy. | |||||||||
9 | Kristupas Matusevičius (1800 - 1881) |
17th February 1853 | 17th February 1858 | 5 years | XII (1852) |
Unitarian | Marshal Joris Simonavičius (1853–1859) | ||
With steadily deteriorating national situation, Matusevičius attempted to quell dissidents with suspensions of freedoms of speech and assembly. Draconian measures earned him widespread unpopularity, and dissatisfaction within his military power base caused him to forgo re-election in 1858. | |||||||||
— | Gvidonas Leofredsun (1767 - 1833) |
Did not take office | XIII (1857) |
Liberal | |||||
Marshal Elfegas Grigucevičius (1798–1863) | |||||||||
Took office in heavily-rigged election. Outbreak of Second Vilcasuamanian Civil War prevented him from taking office. | |||||||||
— | Position Vacant[1] |
Third Republic (1863-1927)
Political Parties
Liberal
Unitarian
National
National Liberal
Military
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Seimas (election) |
Political Party |
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10 | Marshal Mykolas Sauka (1799 - 1865) |
25th March 1863 | 20th December 1865 | 2 years, 8 months and 25 days | — | Liberal | |
Mounted liberal rebellion against conservative Unitarian regime of Elfegas Grigucevičius, uniting social liberals and federalists in the cause of the "Liberal Regeneration". Laid the groundwork for the modern federal republic with the Constitution of 1863, which notably outlawed indigenous serfdom and established the concept of separation of church and state. Participated in first free elections of Vilcasuamanian history, but died of tuberculosis before votes were counted. | |||||||
11 | Algirdas Basanavičius (1798 - 1872) |
20th December 1865 | 15th November 1870 | 4 years, 10 months and 26 days | XIV (1865) |
Liberal | |
Appointed by Seimas to serve Sauka's term. Initially considered an ally of liberalism, Basanavičius broke with the policies laid out by his predecessor. Tempering the radicalism of the Regeneration, he created a centralized national post office and restored the standing army. Unpopularity among the Liberal orthodoxy led to Basanavičius limiting his chancellorship to one term. | |||||||
12 | Petras Kvasinskas (1816 - 1884) |
15th November 1870 | 20th February 1872 | 1 year, 3 months and 5 days | XV (1870) |
Liberal | |
Supported by radical liberals, Kvasinkas butted heads with the Solarian Catholic Church, legalizing civil marriage and attempting to pass an amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing free and secular education. Controversial comments, presented as rabid anticlerical by his opponents, cause an erosion of support from moderate liberals and a vote of no confidence. | |||||||
13 | Sebastijonas Levendavičius (1815 - 1889) |
20th February 1872 | 15th November 1874 | 2 years, 8 months and 26 days | XVI (1871) |
Unitarian | |
Elected after Liberals failed to unite around a successor to Kvasinskas. Mended relations with the Church but failed to rollback other liberal reforms, largely due to ill health. Narrowly lost 1871 general election and replaced as party leader shortly thereafter. | |||||||
14 | Laimis Petrosiunas (1820 - 1882) |
15th November 1874 | 9th December 1882 | 8 years and 24 days | XVII (1874) |
Liberal | |
XVIII (1878) | |||||||
XIX (1880) | |||||||
XX (1882) | |||||||
First chancellor to sit as an elected member of the Seimas. Instituted civil service reform, promulgated first national census, and developed the city of Biržuventis. Encouraged exploitation of Scythian rainforest by promoting mass settlement programs. Passed major land redistribution legislation in 1880, aiming to transfer church-owned lands to private landowners; this triggered a vote of no confidence which resulted in a stronger majority. Signed Aquinas Treaty of Defensive Alliance with Marirana, in opposition to Satucin and Gaullican imperialism. Died of a stroke shortly after fourth electoral victory in 1882. | |||||||
15 | File:Angulo, Euclides de.jpg | Mikalojus Žasinas (1831-1900) |
9th December 1882 | 22nd February 1884 | 1 year, 2 months and 13 days | — | Liberal |
Petrosiumas' Interior Minister, his chancellorship was dominated by foreign affairs. Entered into the War of the Arucian against Gaullica, only for early victories to be reversed by the entry of Nuvania. Worsening military situation led to his resignation. | |||||||
16 | Juozapas Gečys (1830 - 1912) |
17th February 1884 | 27th May 1884 | 3 months and 5 days | — | Liberal | |
Appointed as Žasinas' successor, lost much power as military administration began to take over deteriorating war effort. Removed in a coup d'état three months after taking office. | |||||||
17 | Marshal Girenas Silvistravičius (1827 - 1898) |
27th May 1884 | 14th September 1888 | 3 years, 3 months and 18 days | — | National | |
Took power in coup, suspending the Seimas. Signs Treaty of Soleil Couchant, ending War of the Arucian. Presided over outbreak of civil war, with conservatives attempting to reverse Liberal Regeneration. Ended the Third Vilcasuamanian Civil War with the Pact of Tauragė, promising to restore free elections and step down. | |||||||
18 | Klimakas Ažukalnis (1848 - 1911) |
14th September 1888 | 4th August 1893 | 4 years, 10 months and 21 days | XXI (1888) |
Liberal | |
XXII (1892) | |||||||
Elected on platform of amnesty for conservatives arrested during the civil war. Government reduced to a minority in elections of 1892. Charged with corruption and removed in vote of no confidence, facilitated by splits in the Liberal Party. | |||||||
19 | Narcizas Mickevičiaus (1845 - 1923) |
4th August 1893 | 26th November 1894 | 1 year, 3 months and 22 days | XXIII (1893) |
Unitarian | |
Focused on federal infrastructure projects; established the Vilcasuamanian National Railways. Instituted high tariff regime intended to support growing manufacturing sectors, at expense of farmers. | |||||||
(18) | Klimakas Ažukalnis (1848 - 1911) |
26th November 1894 | 21st March 1896 | 1 year, 3 months and 24 days | XXIV (1894) |
Liberal (Constitutionalist) | |
Voted in due to agrarian backlash. In foreign policy, reduced tariffs and abandoned Mariranan ties in favor of Eldmark. Reticence with infrastructure and social projects caused schism in Liberal Party between progressives and federalists. Corruption charges resurfacing from previous administration prompt resignation, in order to avoid no-confidence vote. | |||||||
20 | Adomas Valeška (1844 - 1920) |
21st March 1896 | 24th October 1896 | 7 months and 3 days | — | Liberal (Constitutionalist) | |
A Constitutionalist Liberal, Valeška refused to pursue the radical policies demanded by the progressive wing of the party. Lack of party support lead to his failure in the general election. | |||||||
21 | Skomantas Krasnadamskis (1841 - 1905) |
24th October 1896 | 20th October 1900 | 3 years, 11 months and 26 days | XXV (1896) |
Unitarian | |
XXVI (1899) | |||||||
Hoping to win over Constitutionalist Liberals, Krasnadamskis tempered centralist rhetoric and instead doubled down on non-interventionist social policies. Failed a no-confidence vote, only to be returned to lead a drastically-lessened minority government by the 1899 snap election. Lost power to insurgent National Liberals the next year. | |||||||
22 | Steponas Vailokaitis (1849 - 1921) |
20thst October 1900 | 22nd May 1907 | 6 years, 7 months and 2 days | XXVII (1900) |
National Liberal | |
XXVIII (1901) | |||||||
XXIX (1904) | |||||||
Chief ideologue of the National Liberals, Vailokaitis broke with the conservative-leaning Constitutionalists and advocated radical progressive policies reminiscent of the Regeneration. Extended the franchise to all males and established the Ministry of Indian Affairs. Embarked on ambitious land reform programs, seizing church land and redistributing it to the peasantry. Embraced a nationalist foreign policy, renewing irredentist claims and demonstrating a marked hostility to Euclean influence in the Asterias. Drastically raised tariffs and began nationalizing foreign-owned rubber plantations in 1906. Threat of Euclean intervention caused his resignation. | |||||||
23 | Jonas Martinaitis (1858 - 1931) |
22nd May 1907 | 10th November 1908 | 1 year, 7 months and 24 days | — | Unitarian | |
Installed by Weranian and Gaullican occupation, suspended Seimas. Reversed Vailokaitis' nationalizations and tariff regime, giving Gaullican and Weranian companies numerous trade concessions. Removed as Unitarian leader by occupation authorities due to refusal to crack down on nationalist guerillas. | |||||||
24 | Marius Kulbys (1854 - 1920) |
10th November 1908 | 3rd July 1909 | 1 year, 7 months and 23 days | XXX (1908) |
Unitarian | |
Brought to power in heavily-rigged election, continued to support pro-Euclean policies including tax exemptions and private railway rights to foreign companies. Presided over onset of Great Depression. Resigns shortly after withdrawal of occupation forces. | |||||||
25 | Kazimeras Žvirblis (1860 - 1939) |
3rd July 1909 | 27th August 1912 | 1 year, 1 month and 24 days | — | Unitarian Party | |
Cut spending across the board in order to combat Depression. Refused to take government action to prevent rubber price collapse, alienating landowners. Violently suppresses attempted liberal coup d'etat. Removed in liberal coup d'etat. | |||||||
26 | Marshal Jurgis Mažvydas (1871 - 1936) |
10th August 1912 | 11th August 1927 | 15 years and 1 day | — | None (Military) | |
Took power in coup d'etat, dissolved Seimas due to disagreements and inability to form government with Liberal Party. Implemented ISI-based trade policies to spur growth of industrial sector. Drastically tightened immigration policies. Tackled rubber overproduction by burning surpluses, balancing out prices. Supported by the landowning oligarchy, Mažvydas became more authoritarian by the late 1930s, suspending key articles of the Constitution concerning freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. Assumed state control over foreign oil refineries in 1923, alienating Euclean powers and Satucin. Fled the country during the opening stages of the Great War. | |||||||
27 | Vladas Strasunskas (1871 - 1936) |
11th August 1927 | 4th September 1927 | 24 days | — | Liberal | |
Dissolved the briefly-restored Seimas and with it, the Fourth Republic, forced to hand over power to the Entente puppet government. |
Great War (1927-1933)
Chancellor of the Vilcasuamanian State
Political Parties
General Action
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Political Party | |
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Marshal Aurelijus Šivickas (1889 - 1934) |
4th September 1927 | 28th March 1933 | 5 years, 6 months and 24 days | General Action | ||
Assumed power with backing of the Entente military administration, signing Treaty of Vandžiogalas. Enacted the Plan of Aporimakas, aimed at systematically reversing decades of liberal reforms. Šivickas pursued hardline corporatist policies against Bahians, Asterindians, and workers. Heavy-handed authoritarianism lost him the support of the "silent majority" of urban conservatives. Deteriorating military situation caused him to seek peace terms with the National Resistance Government, prompting his removal. Was executed after the war for collaboration. | ||||||
Voldemaras Vilmantas (1903 - 1933) |
28thst March 1933 | 26th May 1933 | 1 month and 28 days | General Action | ||
A functionalist ideologue, Vilmantas was installed by the Satucinais after the removal of Šivickas. Largely powerless, as the Entente withdrew from the country Vilmantas committed suicide. |
Chancellor-General of the National Resistance Government
Political Parties
Military
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Political Party | |
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Marshal Napalys Ciapas (1892 - 1932) |
20th September 1927 | 5th December 1932 | 5 years, 2 months and 15 days | None (Military) | ||
Disputing legitimacy of Vilcasuamine State and Treaty of Vandžiogalas, Ciapas declared a "Government of National Resistance" (VNP), continuing the war from the National Redoubt defensive lines in the mountains. Successfully drew the Entente into bitter attritionary alpine warfare, while maintaining constant opposition to Šivickas' puppet regime. Viewed as an effective war leader, Ciapas' campaigns eventually prompted the mass withdrawal of Entente forces and the beginning of a counterattack into Satucin; he would not live to see victory, however, killed in a bombing shortly before the Peace of Gatôn. | ||||||
Marshal Kazys Lesiauskas (1879 - 1960) |
5th December 1932 | 20th July 1933 | 7 months and 15 days | None (Military) | ||
Ciapas' protegé and the mastermind of many of the VNP's most successful military campaigns, Lesiauskas vigorously prosecuted the last months of the war, and signed the Peace of Gatôn, ending the conflict. On July 20th, 1933, Lesiauskas declared the war of resistance over. |
Fourth Republic (1933-1958)
Political Parties
Military
Unitarian
Social Radical Sotirian
Liberal
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Seimas (election) |
Political Party |
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29 | Marshal Kazys Lesiauskas (1879 - 1960) |
20th July 1933 | 12th May 1936 | 2 years, 9 months and 22 days | — | Military | |
Established national emergency over after withdrawal of Entente forces. Resisted giving power back to a civilian government and refused to re-establish Seimas until threatened with riots and a military coup. | |||||||
30 | Žygimantas Laikis (1876 - 1943) |
12th May 1936 | 17th November 1936 | 6 months and 5 days | — | Unitarian | |
Appointed chancellor by Lesiauskas pending 1936 general election. Defeated in dramatic and unexpected liberal landslide. | |||||||
31 | Alfonsas Klimaitis (1884 - 1966) |
17th November 1936 | 26th January 1939 | 2 years, 2 months and 9 days | XXXI (1936) |
Social Radical Sotirian | |
Elected on wave of social progressivism, passing the radical Constitution of 1937. Extended the franchise to women, implementing universal suffrage, and removed the immunity from prosecution of corrupt elected officials. Narrowly defeated by no-confidence vote engineered by plantation and mining interests. | |||||||
32 | Mečislovas Skirius (1902 - 1983) |
26th January 1939 | 17th November 1944 | 5 years, 9 months and 22 days | XXXII (1938) |
Conservative | |
XXXIII (1940) | |||||||
Elected on minority government. Pursued anti-leftist policies, including cracking down on socialist activity. | |||||||
33 | Petre Kanys (1895 - 1951) |
17th November 1944 | 17th November 1950 | 6 years | XXXIV (1944) |
Social Radical Sotirian | |
XXXV (1945) | |||||||
XXXVI (1948) | |||||||
Elected to plurality in Seimas. Unable to form a government in 1944, Kanys rolled back progressive rhetoric to attract bipartisan support in 1945. Expanded national communications sector, establishing Vilcasuamanas Radio Television. Relaxed his predecessor's anti-labor policies, codifying the rights to union organization and collective bargaining. Invested heavily in infrastructure projects. Resigned in 1950, halfway through second term, due to ill-health. | |||||||
34 | Arūnas Vanderhoek (1904 - 1975) |
17th February 1950 | 17th February 1952 | 2 years | — | Social Radical Sotirian | |
Attempted to expand Kanys' infrastructure projects, but was stymied by uncooperative Senate. Defeated in 1952 elections after budgetary party schism. | |||||||
35 | Plutarchas Jucevičius (1899 - 1970) |
17th November 1952 | 17th November 1956 | 4 years | XXXVII (1941) |
Unitarian | |
Seen as a "creature of the plutocrats", Jucevičius turned a blind eye to labor abuses and stocked his government with industrialists. First Solarian Catholic in power since 1874, made polarizing concessions to the clergy. Defeated in 1956, in large part due to cabinet corruption scandal concerning Vilcasuamanian Railways. | |||||||
36 | Feliksas Balgys (1905 - 1969) |
17th February 1956 | 7th January 1959 | 2 years and 2 months | XXXVIII (1956) |
Liberal | |
Reformed Liberal Party, aligning it with progressive causes and drawing grassroots support from union leaders and peasants, and fierce opposition from conservatives and military. After successful farm subsidies program, Balgys proposed a radical land reform program, creating intense controversy. Threatened with a no-confidence vote, he dissolved the Seimas with the intention of holding new elections. Deposed in coup d'état. |
Sprogys military dictatorship (1958-1979)
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Seimas (election) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | File:A. Pinochet Stamp cropped.jpg | Marshal Mauricijus Sprogys (1918 - 1978) |
7th January 1959 | 4th June 1978 | 19 years, 4 months and 28 days | XXXIII (1976) |
Took power in a coup d'état. Fiercely anti-collectivist, Sprogys created the NZPTD intelligence service with sweeping powers of arrest, detention, and deportation; several thousand suspected socialists and syndicalists were imprisoned without trial or disappeared. Implementing neoliberal reforms, Sprogys stabilized a plummeting economy and ushered in a period of national growth, though one also characterized by rising inequality. Foreign policy dominated by rapprochement with neighbors, forging alliances with Nuvania, Satucin, Sanslumière and Marirana, and founding the AFDC. Low-intensity insurgency caused Sprogys to announce democratization, but he died before this could be carried out. | ||||||
— | Military Junta Marshal Lauras Lagunavicius Marshal Vladas Pranskunas Marshal Povilas Bauzys Admiral Anupras Kvedaravicius |
4th June 1978 | 19th April 1979 | 10 months and 15 days | — | |
Took power upon Sprogys' death. Attempted to postpone democratization, but were prevented by increasing civil unrest and the threat of renewal of the Bush War. |
Fifth Republic (1979-present)
Political Parties
Unitarian
Liberal
Sotirian Social Alliance
National Solidarity
Democratic Action
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | Seimas (election) |
Political Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38 | Kazys Drusutis (born 1934) |
19th April 1979 | 17th November 1979 | 6 months and 29 days | — | Unitarian | |
A relatively unknown moderate prior to late 1970s, Drusutis formerly served as an economic adviser to Sprogys. Articulated October Consensus. Installed by military junta to form a caretaker government, he was unable to secure a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party prior to the 1979 elections. | |||||||
39 | Algis Zuokas (1914 - 2002) |
17th November 1979 | 17th November 1983 | 4 years | — | Liberal | |
First elected chancellor since 1956, formed a broad electoral coalition of Sotirian democrats, liberals, and social democrats. Continued Sprogys' programs of internal development, controversially retaining civil servants appointed by the military government. Zuokas repealed the 1975 decree prohibiting establishment of new political parties besides the Liberal and Unitarians, leading to an exodus of progressives from his own party that caused him to lose power in 1983. | |||||||
40 | Salemonas Sakatauskas (1920 - 1990) |
17th November 1983 | 16th September 1989 | 5 years, 9 months and 30 days | XXXIX (1983) |
Sotirian Social Alliance | |
XL (1985) | |||||||
XLI (1987) | |||||||
Pursued free trade agreements, further regional integration with AFDC. Repudiating the October Consensus, Sakatauskas commissioned the Laikis Report, publicizing and prosecuting human rights violations during the dictatorship and de-politicizing the armed forces and civil service. Seeking a mandate for his ambitious infrastructure programs, Sakatauskas dissolved the Seimas and returned with a strong majority after the 1985 snap elections. Resigned due to ill-health in 1989. | |||||||
41 | Adolfas Svirelis (1935 - 2016) |
16th September 1989 | 17th November 1991 | 2 years, 2 months and 1 day | — | Sotirian Social Alliance | |
Continued predecessor's focus on infrastructure programs, including an ambitious expansion of the highway system. Grew unpopular due to rising inflation and increased drug cartel activities. | |||||||
42 | Ricardas Normantas (born 1946) |
17th November 1991 | 1st August 1996 | 4 years, 8 months and 15 days | XLII (1991) |
Liberal | |
XLIII (1995) | |||||||
A charismatic figure, Normantas pursued anti-poverty programs and made overtures to the CAL guerillas, opening negotiations to bring the second phase of the Bush War to an end. Accused of using drug money to fund second campaign, beginning the 1100 Procedūra scandal. Resigned during investigation. | |||||||
43 | Giedrius Veiverys (born 1941) |
1st August 1996 | 1st January 1997 | 5 months | — | Liberal | |
Normantas' former Minister for Transport, Veiverys was the only prominent cabinet member untouched by the 1100 Procedūra scandal. Attempting to distance himself from Normantas, Veiverys put a larger emphasis on combating narcotrafficking; his efforts were seen as ineffectual and tainted by the retention of Normantas appointees. After losing party support concerning budgetary priorities in 1996, he was removed in a vote of no confidence. | |||||||
44 | File:Lulayuribe 20051214 02 (cropped).jpg | Antanas Graičiūnas (born 1948) |
1st January 1997 | 10th June 2005 | 8 years, 5 months and 9 days | XLIV (1996) |
National Solidarity |
XLV (1999) | |||||||
XLVI (2003) | |||||||
Brought to power in 1996 snap election. Concluded Envoort Accords in 1999 with CAL militants, ending Bush War. Having campaigned on the destruction of the narco-state, Graičiūnas harshly cracked down on drug trafficking, authorizing offenders to face military justice under Sprogys-era laws. Calls snap election in 2005 to bolster mandate but narrowly loses in upset. | |||||||
45 | Andrius von Wrangel (born 1960) |
10th June 2005 | 17th November 2007 | 2 years, 5 months and 7 days | XLVII (2005) |
Sotirian Social Alliance | |
Elected to minority government, becoming the first Weranian Vilcasuamanian to rise to the chancellorship. Introduced pay equality legislation and expanded public education. Defeated in 2007 elections. | |||||||
(44) | Antanas Graičiūnas (born 1948) |
17th November 2007 | 17th November 2011 | 4 years | XLVIII (2007) |
National Solidarity | |
Returned to power after forming broad center-right coalition, a departure from his previous hard-right government. Continued harsh tactics towards drug cartels and offenders. Inaugurated Biržuventis metro system. Criticized for response to 2013 Tauragė earthquake. Elected to chair AFDC in 2011, forgoing re-election. | |||||||
46 | Anamarija Galaunė (born 1961) |
17th November 2011 | 17th November 2015 | 14 years | XLIX (2011) |
Democratic Action | |
First female chancellor and first of the Democratic Action party, formed a centrist coalition with Liberals and the reduced Unitarians. A fiscal conservative, Gaulanė began comprehensive tax reform and continued the austerity policies initiated by Graičiūnas in his second term. Anti-austerity backlash caused her government's downfall | |||||||
47 | Vytautas Kaparauskas (born 1954) |
17th November 2015 | incumbent | 9 years and 10 days | XL (2015) |
Sotirian Social Alliance | |
Entered office pledging to renew the country's aging infrastructure. Introduced environmental legislation, pledging to move toward renewable energy. |
Living former Chancellors
As of 2019, there are six living former Chancellors. The last Chancellor to die was Adolfas Svirelis in 2016, who served as Chancellor from 1989 to 1991.
Kazys Drusutis
served 1979
born 1934 (age 90)Ricardas Normantas
served 1991-1996
born 1946 (age 78)Giedrius Veiverys
served 1996-1997
born 1941 (age 83)Antanas Graičiūnas
served 1997-2005 and 2007-2011
born 1948 (age 76)Andrius von Wrangel
served 2005-2007
born 1960 (age 63)Anamarija Galaunė
served 2011-2015
born 1961 (age 58)
Notes
- ↑ Marshal Elfegas Grigucevičius unilaterally suspended the Seimas and assumed the powers of Chancellor from 25th August 1859 to 11th December 1863.