# Prime Minister of Lithuania

The prime minister of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos ministras pirmininkas) is the head of government of Lithuania. The prime minister is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. The modern office of prime minister was established in 1990, when Lithuania declared its independence, although the official title was "Chairperson of the Council of Ministers" until 25 November 1992.
Historically, the title of prime minister was also used between 1918 and 1940. This was during the original Republic of Lithuania, which lasted from the collapse of the Russian Empire until the country's annexation by the Soviet Union.

## List
### Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)

| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government |
| 1 | | Augustinas Voldemaras (1883–1942) 1st time | 11 November 1918 | 26 December 1918 | 45 days | | Party of National Progress | Voldemaras I |
| 2 | | Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939) 1st time | 26 December 1918 | 5 March 1919 | 69 days | | Peasant Union | Sleževičius I |
| 3 | | Pranas Dovydaitis (1886–1942) | 13 March 1919 | 12 April 1919 | 38 days | | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | Dovydaitis |
| (2) | | Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939) 2nd time | 12 April 1919 | 2 October 1919 | 173 days | | Peasant Union | Sleževičius II |
| 4 | | Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882–1967) 1st time | 7 October 1919 | 15 June 1920 | 252 days | | Independent | Galvanauskas I |
| 5 | | Kazys Grinius (1866–1950) | 19 June 1920 | 18 January 1922 | 1 year, 213 days | | Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union | Grinius |
| (4) | | Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882–1967) 2nd time | 2 February 1922 | 17 June 1924 | 2 years, 136 days | | Independent | Galvanauskas II–III–IV |
| 6 | | Antanas Tumėnas (1880–1946) | 18 June 1924 | 27 January 1925 | 223 days | | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | Tumėnas |
| 7 | | Vytautas Petrulis (1890–1942) | 4 February 1925 | 19 September 1925 | 227 days | | Farmers' Association | Petrulis |
| 8 | | Leonas Bistras (1890–1971) | 25 September 1925 | 31 May 1926 | 248 days | | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | Bistras |
| (2) | | Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939) 3rd time | 15 June 1926 | 17 December 1926 | 185 days | | Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union | Sleževičius III |
| (1) | | Augustinas Voldemaras (1883–1942) 2nd time | 17 December 1926 | 19 September 1929 | 2 years, 276 days | | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | Voldemaras II |
| 9 | | Juozas Tūbelis (1882–1939) | 23 September 1929 | 24 March 1938 | 8 years, 182 days | | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | Tūbelis I–II–III |
| 10 | | Vladas Mironas (1880–1953) | 24 March 1938 | 28 March 1939 | 1 year, 4 days | | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | Mironas I–II |
| 11 | | Jonas Černius (1898–1977) | 28 March 1939 | 21 November 1939 | 238 days | | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | Černius |
| 12 | | Antanas Merkys (1887–1955) | 21 November 1939 | 15 June 1940 | 207 days | | Lithuanian Nationalist Union | Merkys |
Following the ultimatum in June 1940, the forces of Soviet Union entered Lithuania, prompting President Antanas Smetona to flee the country. Antanas Merkys, who assumed the position of acting president in accordance with the constitution, soon announced he had taken over the Presidency on a permanent basis and appointed Justas Paleckis, favored by the Soviet authorities, as the Prime Minister ahead of the "people's government". Merkys soon resigned, allowing Paleckis to assume the post of acting president as well. The presidency of Merkys is not recognized as legitimate in modern Lithuania and Paleckis is not listed as an interwar Prime Minister in government sources.
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government |
| – | | Justas Paleckis (1899–1980) | 17 June 1940 | 24 June 1940 | 7 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania | |
| – | | Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882–1954) | 24 June 1940 | 1 July 1940 | 7 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania | People's Government |

### Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990)

| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party |
| Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR ||||||||
| 1 | | Mečislovas Gedvilas (1901–1981) (in exile in the Russian SFSR 1941–1944) | 25 August 1940 | 2 April 1946 | 5 years, 220 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania |
| Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR ||||||||
| 1 | | Mečislovas Gedvilas (1901–1981) | 2 April 1946 | 16 January 1956 | 9 years, 289 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania |
| 2 | | Motiejus Šumauskas (1905–1982) | 16 January 1956 | 14 April 1967 | 11 years, 88 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania |
| 3 | | Juozas Maniušis (1910–1987) | 14 April 1967 | 16 January 1981 | 13 years, 277 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania |
| 4 | | Ringaudas Songaila (1929–2019) | 16 January 1981 | 18 November 1985 | 4 years, 306 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania |
| 5 | | Vytautas Sakalauskas (1933–2001) | 18 November 1985 | 17 March 1990 | 4 years, 119 days | | Communist Party of Lithuania |

### Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)

| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Government |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Government |
| – | | Juozas Ambrazevičius (1903–1974) acting | 23 June 1941 | 5 August 1941 | 43 days | Provisional Government |

### Republic of Lithuania (1990–present)

From 11 March 1990 after adopting the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Political parties and affiliations:  Sąjūdis  LDDP  TS / TS-LKD  LLS  LSDP  LVŽS
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government coalition | Seimas |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government coalition | Seimas |
| 1 | | Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (born 1943) | 17 March 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 299 days | | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) | Prunskienė Sąjūdis | Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990) |
| 2 | | Albertas Šimėnas (born 1950) | 10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | 3 days | | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) | Šimėnas Sąjūdis | Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990) |
| 3 | | Gediminas Vagnorius (born 1957) | 13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | 1 year, 190 days | | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) | Vagnorius I Sąjūdis | Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990) |
| 4 | | Aleksandras Abišala (born 1955) | 21 July 1992 | 26 November 1992 | 128 days | | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) | Abišala Sąjūdis | Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990) |
| 5 | | Bronislovas Lubys (1938–2011) | 12 December 1992 | 10 March 1993 | 88 days | | Independent (endorsed by Democratic Labour Party) | Lubys LDDP | 6 (1992) |
| 6 | | Adolfas Šleževičius (1948–2022) | 10 March 1993 | 8 February 1996 | 2 years, 335 days | | Democratic Labour Party (LDDP) | Šleževičius LDDP | 6 (1992) |
| 7 | | Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius (1935–2017) | 23 February 1996 | 19 November 1996 | 270 days | | Democratic Labour Party (LDDP) | Stankevičius LDDP | 6 (1992) |
| (3) | | Gediminas Vagnorius (born 1957) | 4 December 1996 | 3 May 1999 | 2 years, 150 days | | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) | Vagnorius II TS–LKDP | 7 (1996) |
| 8 | | Rolandas Paksas (born 1956) | 1 June 1999 | 27 October 1999 | 148 days | | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) | Paksas I TS–LKDP | 7 (1996) |
| – | | Irena Degutienė (born 1949) acting | 27 October 1999 | 3 November 1999 | 7 days | | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) | Paksas I TS–LKDP | 7 (1996) |
| 9 | | Andrius Kubilius (born 1956) | 3 November 1999 | 19 October 2000 | 351 days | | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) | Kubilius I TS–LKDP | 7 (1996) |
| (8) | | Rolandas Paksas (born 1956) | 27 October 2000 | 20 June 2001 | 236 days | | Liberal Union of Lithuania (LLS) | Paksas II LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA | 8 (2000) |
| – | | Eugenijus Gentvilas (born 1960) acting | 20 June 2001 | 4 July 2001 | 14 days | | Liberal Union of Lithuania (LLS) | Paksas II LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA | 8 (2000) |
| 10 | | Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010) | 4 July 2001 | 1 June 2006 | 4 years, 332 days | | Social Democrats (LSDP) | Brazauskas I LSDP-NS | 8 (2000) |
| 10 | | Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010) | 4 July 2001 | 1 June 2006 | 4 years, 332 days | | Social Democrats (LSDP) | Brazauskas II LSDP–DP-LVNDS-NS (2004–2006) LSDP–DP-LVNDS (2006) LSDP (2006) | 9 (2004) |
| – | | Zigmantas Balčytis (born 1953) acting | 1 June 2006 | 18 July 2006 | 47 days | | Social Democrats (LSDP) | Brazauskas II LSDP | 9 (2004) |
| 11 | | Gediminas Kirkilas (1951–2024) | 6 July 2006 | 17 November 2008 | 2 years, 134 days | | Social Democrats (LSDP) | Kirkilas LSDP-LVNDS-PDP-LiCS (2006–2007) LSDP (2006–2008) LSDP-LVNDS-LiCS-PDP-NS (2008) | 9 (2004) |
| (9) | | Andrius Kubilius (born 1956) | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | 4 years, 4 days | | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) | Kubilius II TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS (2008–2009 and 2010–2011) TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS-Parliamentary Group "One Lithuania" (2009–2010) TS-LKD-LRLS-LiCS (2011–2012) | 10 (2008) |
| 12 | | Algirdas Butkevičius (born 1958) | 13 December 2012 | 13 December 2016 | 4 years, 0 days | | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) | Butkevičius LSDP-DP-TT-LLRA (2012–2014) LSDP-DP-TT (2014–2016) | 11 (2012) |
| 13 | | Saulius Skvernelis (born 1970) | 13 December 2016 | 11 December 2020 | 3 years, 364 days | | Independent (endorsed by Farmers and Greens Union) | Skvernelis LVŽS-LSDP (2016–2017) LVŽS (2017–2018) LVŽS-LSDDP (2018–2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS-TT (2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS (2019–2020) | 12 (2016) |
| 14 | | Ingrida Šimonytė (born 1974) | 11 December 2020 | 12 December 2024 | 4 years, 1 day | | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) | Šimonytė TS-LKD-LRLS-LP | 13 (2020) |
| 15 | | Gintautas Paluckas (born 1979) | 12 December 2024 | Incumbent | 54 days | | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) | Paluckas LSDP-PPNA-DSVL | 14 (2024) |