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Note: According to the Law on
the "Territorial Administrative Units of the Republic of
Lithuania and their Boundaries", 19 Jul 1994, Lithuania
was divided into 10 counties (plural – apskritys,
singular – apskritis).
The county governments were abolished on 1 Jul
2010.
Party abbreviations: DP
= Darbo Partija (Labour Party, centrist,
populist, est.18 Oct 2003);
LCP = Lietuvos Centro Partija (Central Party of
Lithuania, centrist, est.1 Dec 2003); LCS
= Liberalų ir Centro Sąjunga
(Liberal and Central Union, conservative
liberal, est.31 May 2003); LKDP =
Lietuvos Krikščionių Demokratų Partija
(Christian Democratic Party of
Lithuania, christian-democratic, Mar 1917-1936,
re-est.28 Jan 1990); LRLS
= Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų Sąjūdis
(Liberal Movement of Republic of Lithuania,
center-right, est.26 Feb 2006); LSDP
= Lietuvos Socialdemokratų Partija
(Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party, social-democratic,
1 Jun 1896-6 Feb 1936, re-est.27 Apr 1989); LVLS
= Lietuvos Valstieciu Liaudininku Sajunga (Union
of Lithuanian Peasants and Peoples);
LVP-NDP = Lietuvos
Valstiečių Partija - Naujosios Demokratijos Partija
(Lithuanian Peasant Party - New Democratic Party);
NS = Naujoji Sąjunga
(Socialliberalai)(New Union [Social
Liberals], center-left, 25 Apr 1998-9 Jul 2011, merged
into Darbo partija [Democratic Party]);
TS-LKD = Tėvynės Sąjunga-Lietuvos
Krikščionys Demokrataiai (Homeland
Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats,
center-right, formerly TS-LK, est.17
May 2008);
- Former parties:
LLP = Lietuvos Liberalų
Demokratų Partija (Lithuanian Liberal Democratic Party,
center-right, populist, 9 Mar 2002-13 May 2006, renamed
Tvarka ir teisingumas [Order and Justice]);
LLS = Lietuvos Liberalų
Sąjung (Lithuanian Liberal Union, liberal, 21 Jun
1990-31 May 2003, merged into LCS); LDDP
= Lietuvos Demokratine Darbo Partija
(Lithuanian Democratic Labor Party, socialist, former
LKP, 8 Dec 1990-27 Jan 2001, renamed LSDP); LPS
= Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis (Reform
Movement of Lithuania, "Sąjūdis,"
pro-independence, from 1990 shortened
to Lietuvos Sąjūdis,
3 Jun 1988-1 May 1993, merged into TS-LK); NKS
= Nuosaikiųjų Konservatorių Sąjunga (Union of Moderate
Conservatives, 2000-2004, renamed Krikščionių
Konservatorių Socialinė Sąjunga
[Christian Conservative Social Union]); PDP
= Pilietinės Semokratijos Partija (Civic
Democratic Party, split from DP, 14 Jun 2006-2011,
renamed Tautos Vienybės Sąjunga);
TS-LK = Tėvynės Sąjunga-Lietuvos
Konservatoriai (Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives,
liberal conservative reformist, 1 May 1993-17 May 2008,
merged into TS-LKD)
Alytus
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![[Alytus County (Lithuania)]](lt-al.gif "[Alytus County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
1995 -
1997
Vydas
Baravykas
(b. 1950) LDDP
Governors
1997 -
2001
Ignas
Aleškevičius
(b.
1950 - d. 2010) TS-LK
2001 -
2004
Raimundas
Markauskas
(b.
1966) NS
Dec 2004 - 2006
Robertas
Graudinis
(b.
1954) DP
27 Jul 2006 - 19 Dec 2008 Eugenijus
Palavinskas
(b. 1951) LVLS
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Algimantas Bražionis
(b. 1953) LCP
Kaunas
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![[Kaunas County
(Lithuania)]](lt-ku.gif "[Kaunas County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
1995 -
1997
Petras
Mikelionis
(b.
1939) LSDP
Governors
1997 -
2000
Kazys
Starkevičius
(b.
1956) TS-LK
8 Aug 2001 -
2004
Valentinas
Kalinauskas
(b.
1953) NS
29 Dec 2004 - 2006
Zigmantas
Benjaminas Kazakevičius (b. 1942)
LSDP
Jul 2006 - 19 Dec 2008
Romualdas Morkevičius
(b. 1957) PDP
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Ona
Balžekienė
(f)
(b. 1945) LRLS
Klaipeda
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![[Klaipeda County
(Lithuania)]](lt-kl.gif "[Klaipeda County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
24 Apr 1995 - 8 May 1997 Jurgis Aušra
(b. 1940)
LDDP
Governors
15 Jan 1997 - 15 Nov 2000 Laisvūnas
Kavaliauskas
(b.
1962) TS-LK
27 Dec 2000 - 30 Dec 2005 Virginija Lukošienė
(f)
(b. 1954) LSDP
16 Jan 2006 - 19 Dec 2008 Vytautas Rinkevičius
(b. 1962) LSDP
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Arūnas
Burkšas
(b. 1956)
TS-LKD
Marijampole
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![[Marijampole County
(Lithuania)]](lt-mr.gif "[Marijampole County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
1995 -
1997
Algis
Rimas
(b. 1940 - d. 2010) LSDP
Governors
1997 -
2000
Kostas
Jankauskas
(b.
1954) TS-LK
2000 -
2001
Jonas
Ščeponis
(b. 1946) LPS
2001 - 19 Dec 2008
Albinas
Mitrulevičius
(b. 1953) LSDP
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Birutė
Kažemėkaitė
(f)
(b.
1961) TS-LKD
Panevezys
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![[Panevezys County
(Lithuania)]](lt-pn.gif "[Panevezys County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
30 Mar 1995 -
1997
Petras Zablockis
(b. 1947 - d. 2008)
LDDP
Governors
15 Jan 1997 -
2000
Tomas
Josas
(b. 1940) NKS
13 Dec 2000 -
2001
Ramūnas Vyžintas
(b.
1963) LLS
26 Jul 2001 - Dec 2004
Rimantas
Sankauskas
(b. 1951) LSDP
Dec 2004 - 19 Dec 2008 Gema
Umbrasienė
(f)
(b.
1958) LVP-NDP
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Viktor
Trofimov
(b. 1975)
TS-LKD
Siauliai
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![[Siauliai County
(Lithuania)]](lt-sa.gif "[Siauliai County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
15 Feb 1995 - 30 Jan 1997 Alvydas Šedžius (1st
time) (b. 1951)
LDDP
Governors
30 Mar 1997 - 19 Dec 1997 Vincas
Girnius
(b. 1959) TS-LK
19 Dec 1997 - 15 Dec 2000 Zenonas Stundžia
(b. 1954) TS-LK
15 Dec 2000 - 27 Jul 2001 Laisvūnas
Neimanas
(b. 1963) NS
27 Jul 2001 - 19 Dec 2008 Alvydas Šedžius (2nd
time) (s.a.)
LSDP
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Rimundas
Domarkas
(b.
1954) TS-LKD
Taurage
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![[Taurage County
(Lithuania)]](lt-ta.gif "[Taurage County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
30 Mar 1995 - 15 Mar 1997 Stasys Lapė
(b. 1950) LDDP
Governors
30 Jan 1997 - 15 Nov 2000 Stasys Aužbikas
TS-LK
15 Dec 2000 - 28 Dec 2004 Arūnas Beišys
(b. 1950) NS
29 Dec 2004 - 2006
Edmundas
Šimkus
(b. 1954 - d. 2009) DP
27 Jul 2006 - 27 Jul 2009 Irena
Ričkuvienė
(f)
(b. 1962) LCS
27 Jul 2009 - 30 Jun 2010 Raimundas
Vaitiekus
(b.
1971)
LCS
Telsiai
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![[Telsiai County
(Lithuania)]](lt-te.gif "[Telsiai County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
1995 -
1997
Rasas
Gofmanas (1st
time)
(b. 1960 - d. 2014) LDDP
Governors
1997 -
1999
Danutė
Mileikienė
(f)
(b.
1948) NKS
1999 -
2000
Vaclovas Vaičekauskas
LKDP
2000 -
2004
Kazys
Lečkauskas
(b.
1950) NS
29 Dec 2004 - 2006
Rasas
Gofmanas (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
LSDP
26 Jul 2006 - 19 Dec 2008 Romualdas
Vasiliauskas
(b.
1943) LDP
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Vidimantas
Domarkas
(b.
1965)
TS-LKD
Utena
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![[Utena County
(Lithuania)]](lt-ut.gif "[Utena County (Lithuania)]")
Manager
1995 -
1997
Milda
Petrauskienė
(f)
(b.
1949) LDDP
Governors
1997 -
2000
Rimantas
Dijokas
(b.
1956) TS-LK
2000 -
2001
Jeronimas
Balčiūnas
(b.
1945) LLS
2001 -
2004
Vilius
Cibulskas
(b.
1952) LSDP
29 Dec 2004 - 2006
Ričardas
Sargūnas
(b.
1954) DP
Jul 2006 - 19 Dec 2008
Angelė Kaušylienė
(f)
(b. 1954) LVLS
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010 Egidijus
Puodžiukas
(b.
1967) TS-LKD
Vilnius
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![[Vilnius County
(Lithuania)]](lt-vl1.gif "[Vilnius County
(Lithuania)]")
Manager
1995 -
1997
Alfonsas
Macaitis (1st time) (b.
1956) LDDP
Governors
15 Jan 1997 - 15 Nov 2000 Alis
Vidunas
(b. 1934 - d. 2009) TS-LK
15 Dec 2000 - 26 Jul 2001 Algirdas
Kudzys
(b. 1956) LLS
27 Jul 2001 - 9 Apr 2003 Gediminas
Paviržis
(b. 1941) LSDP
Apr 2003 - Aug
2003 Arvydas
Klimkevičius (acting) (b.
1948) NS
Aug 2003 - Dec
2004 Feliksas
Kolosauskas
(b.
1942) LSDP
29 Dec 2004 - 2006
Gintaras
Gibas
(b. 1962) LVLS
27 Jul 2006 - 19 Dec 2008 Alfonsas
Macaitis (2nd time) (s.a.)
LSDP
20 Dec 2008 - 30 Jun 2010
Jonas
Vasiliauskas
(b. 1959)
TS-LKD
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