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Gediminas Vagnorius

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Gediminas Vagnorius
Vagnorius in 1996
3rd Prime Minister of Lithuania
In office
4 December 1996 – 3 May 1999
PresidentAlgirdas Brazauskas
Preceded byLaurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius
Succeeded byRolandas Paksas
In office
13 January 1991 – 21 July 1992
Preceded byAlbertas Šimėnas
Succeeded byAleksandras Abišala
Personal details
Born (1957-06-10) 10 June 1957 (age 67)
Plungė District Municipality, Lithuania
SpouseNijolė Songailaitė-Vagnorienė
Parent(s)Mother: Oktavija Jokubauskaitė-Vagnorienė
Father: Zenonas Vagnorius
Alma materVilnius Gediminas Technical University

Gediminas Vagnorius (born 10 June 1957) is a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania, heading the government between 1991 and 1992, and again from 1996 until 1999.

After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, its temporary currency, the Lithuanian talonas, was popularly known as vagnorkė or vagnorėlis after Vagnorius' name.

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Preceded by Prime Minister of Lithuania
13 January 1991 – 21 July 1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Lithuania
15 February 1996 – 4 May 1999
Succeeded by