The list gives the composition of the governments of the Republic of Lithuania from 1918 to 1940. During that period Lithuania was an independent republic. From 1918 to December 1926 it was a democracy and the governments were formed from members of various parties. After the coup of 1926, Lithuania was ruled by authoritarian Antanas Smetona and his party, the Lithuanian National Union. Only the last two governments included members from the opposition.
Sources sometimes give conflicting data about the ministers, especially from the early governments. That is because those governments were short-lived, formed during the time of war, and not well documented.
Governments
Notes
- To December 19, 1919
- From December 24, 1918
- ^ There is conflicting data about this minister. In this case Banevičius (1991) was followed.
- ^ Held the title of Director
- ^ During the 1st, 5th, and 6th Governments, was named Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Industry
- ^ During the 1st, 5th, and 6th Governments, was part of Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Industry
- Held the title of Deputy Minister
- ^ Acting
- Acting Director
- Also acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Acting, from June 19, 1921
- Acting, from December 20, 1921
- From January 1, 1922
- There is conflicting data about this minister. In this case Lietuva (2008) was followed.
- Acting, from August 21, 1919
- From April 7 or 11, 1921
- From September 28, 1922
- Renamed to Ministry of Finance after the 8th Government
- From August 21, 1922
- Renamed to Ministry of Agriculture during the 9th Government
- Gitelman, Zvi Y. (2003). The emergence of modern Jewish politics: Bundism and Zionism in Eastern Europe. Univ of Pittsburgh Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-8229-4188-0. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- Resigned on February 12, 1924; Chancery closed on March 19, 1924
- From April 21, 1926
- From July 8, 1924
- Renamed just to Ministry of Agriculture during the 11th and 12th Governments
- From November 8, 1929
- From November 30, 1929
- From April 1, 1931
- From August 9, 1927
- Acting, from November 22, 1928
- From June 27, 1930
- From February 4, 1928
- ^ From May 3, 1927
- Director, from May 3, 1927 to February 4, 1928. Minister, from February 4, 1928
- Director, from November 22, 1928
- From November 1, 1935
- From October 1, 1938
- Acting, from October 1, 1938
References
- Banevičius, Algirdas (1991). 111 Lietuvos valstybės 1918–1940 politikos veikėjų (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Knyga. pp. 11–33. ISBN 5-89942-585-7.
- Eidintas, Alfonsas; Vytautas Žalys; Alfred Erich Senn (September 1999). Ed. Edvardas Tuskenis (ed.). Lithuania in European Politics: The Years of the First Republic, 1918–1940 (Paperback ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 199–206. ISBN 0-312-22458-3.
- "Ankstesnės vyriausybės > Laikotarpiu 1918–1940" (in Lithuanian). Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- Eidintas, Alfonsas (1990). Antanas Smetona (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mintis. pp. 233–238. ISBN 5-417-00376-X.
- Antanas Račys, ed. (2008). "Vyriausybė". Lietuva (in Lithuanian). Vol. I. Vilnius: Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute. p. 263. ISBN 978-5-420-01639-8.