Original: Valdas Adamkus ( pronounced ; born Voldemaras AdamkaviÄ ius ; November 3 , 1926 ) was President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009 .
Simplified: Valdas Adamkus was born on November 3 , 1926 in Kaunas , Lithuania . His birth name was Valdemaras AdamkaviÄ ius .