Algirdas Saudargas (born April 17, 1948) is a Lithuanian politician and the signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He was the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Lithuania. He was foreign minister from March 24, 1990, to December 12, 1992, and again from December 4, 1996, to October 30, 2000. In 1992, Algirdas Saudargas, together with 9 other Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs and an EU commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.[1]

Algirdas Saudargas

He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.

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Seimas
New constituency Member of the Seimas for Vilijampolė
1990–1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the Seimas for Aleksotas-Vilijampolė
2000–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Stasys Lozoraitis Jr.
as Chief of Lithuanian Diplomatic Service
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
1990–1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
1996–2000
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ Kristensen, Gustav N. 2010. Born into a Dream. EuroFaculty and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Berliner Wissentshafts-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8305-1769-6.