Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was the first President of Lithuania after its independence from the Soviet Union. He was born on September 22, 1932, in Kaišiadorys, Lithuania, to a Lithuanian father and a Russian mother. Brazauskas studied economics and worked as an engineer before entering politics. Brazauskas’s political career began in the Communist Party of Lithuania, where he rose through...
Lithuania’s Presidential Genesis: The First to Lead
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