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Dr. Vytautas Landsbergis (born October 18, 1932) is a Lithuanian politician.Vytautas Landsbergis was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. He holds a degree in music from Lithuanian Conservatoire (1955) and a Ph.D. in music (1968). He taught music from 1952 until 1990. Landsbergis is an author of 10 books on music. From 1978 to 1990, he was a professor in Lithuanian Academy of Music.
Vytautas Landsbergis entered politics in 1988 as one of the founders of Sajudis , the Lithuanian pro-independence political movement. After Sajudis winning 1990 election, he became the Chairmen of the Supreme Council of Lithuania, having constitutional authority of both the leader of the state and the speaker of the Parliament. Landsbergis held this post from from March 1990 until the next elections in November 1992.
During this time, he negotiated independence from the Soviet Union earlier than most leaders of Soviet republics, even though the Soviet Union attempted to blockade Lithuania in 1990. He was critical of countries such as the
United States and United Kingdom for not supporting Lithuanian independence enough. He was skeptical of claims that Mikhail Gorbachev was trying to democratize the Soviet Union.
In 1993, Landsbergis founded a new political party, the Homeland Union. It won parliamentary elections in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan and Landsbergis served as speaker of the Parliament from 1996 until 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri. He ran for President in 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t and received third place, at 15.9% of the vote. During the runoff he supported Valdas AdamkusValdas V. Adamkus (born 3 November 1926) is the current president of the Republic of Lithuania. In 1998, he was elected as the second President of Lithuania ( 1998- 2003) after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In June 2004, V. Adamkus was reelected in an, who had received second place in the first round, but won the election with Landsbergis's support. In 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co he was elected to the European ParliamentThe European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union. Other organisations of European countries such as NATO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, and the Western European Union have parliamentary assemblies as well, but the European Parlia from Lithuania.
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