11 Facts About Aleksandras Stulginskis

Aleksandras Stulginskis began his theological studies in Kaunas and continued in Innsbruck, Austria.

Aleksandras Stulginskis published many articles on agronomy in Lithuanian press.

Aleksandras Stulginskis was one of the founders of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the head of its Central Committee in 1917.

Aleksandras Stulginskis signed the memorandum for the president Woodrow Wilson, addressing the question of the recognition of the Lithuanian statehood by the United States.

Contrary to Smetona's views, Aleksandras Stulginskis was oriented towards the Entente.

Aleksandras Stulginskis was one of co-organizers of the Vilnius Conference.

Aleksandras Stulginskis was an advocate of the democratic republic as the form of the Lithuanian state.

In independent Lithuania Aleksandras Stulginskis was in charge of organizing the national army to defend the country against the aggressions of Bolsheviks and Poles.

Aleksandras Stulginskis was Speaker of the Seimas from 1926 to 1927.

Aleksandras Stulginskis withdrew from politics in 1927, and worked on his farm.

Aleksandras Stulginskis settled in Kaunas, where he died on 22 September 1969, aged 84, the last of the Signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania.