Gediminas Vagnorius

Gediminas Vagnorius (born 10 June 1957) is a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania, heading the government between 1991 and 1992, and again from 1996 until 1999.

After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, its temporary currency, the Lithuanian talonas, was popularly known as vagnorkė or vagnorėlis after Vagnorius' name.

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Preceded by
Albertas Šimėnas
Prime Minister of Lithuania
13 January 1991 21 July 1992
Succeeded by
Aleksandras Abišala
Preceded by
Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius
Prime Minister of Lithuania
15 February 1996 4 May 1999
Succeeded by
Irena Degutienė (acting)


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