{"id":"rolandas-paksas","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rolandas-paksas","language":"en","name":"Rolandas Paksas","name_en":"Rolandas Paksas","name_ne":null,"description":"Lithuanian politician (born 1956)","headline":"Lithuanian politician (born 1956)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician who served as the sixth president of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment in April 2004. He previously served two terms as the prime minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. He led Order and Justice from 2004 to 2016 and was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 June 1956","date":"1956-06-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Telšiai","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2222616"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Lithuania","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Communist Party of Lithuania","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1465376"},{"text":"Order and Justice","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81517"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Vilnius Gediminas Technical University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389852"},{"text":"Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4407700"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Member of the European Parliament (since 1 July 2014)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27169","start":"2014-07-01"},{"text":"Member of the European Parliament (14 July 2009 – 30 June 2014)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27169","start":"2009-07-14","end":"2014-06-30"},{"text":"President of the Republic of Lithuania (26 February 2003 – 6 April 2004)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878222","start":"2003-02-26","end":"2004-04-06"},{"text":"Prime Minister of Lithuania (26 October 2000 – 20 June 2001)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845439","start":"2000-10-26","end":"2001-06-20"},{"text":"Member of the Seimas (19 October 2000 – 15 February 2003)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18507240","start":"2000-10-19","end":"2003-02-15"},{"text":"Prime Minister of Lithuania (18 May 1999 – 27 October 1999)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845439","start":"1999-05-18","end":"1999-10-27"},{"text":"Member of the Seimas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18507240"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of the Three Stars","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913910"},{"text":"Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29017356"},{"text":"Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20859482","date":"2003-05-29"},{"text":"Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23058092"},{"text":"Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20853430"},{"text":"Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22303943"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolandas_Paksas","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Rolandas Paksas born?","a":"Rolandas Paksas was born on 10 June 1956 in Telšiai."},{"q":"What positions has Rolandas Paksas held?","a":"Positions held by Rolandas Paksas include: Member of the European Parliament (since 1 July 2014); Member of the European Parliament (2009–2014); President of the Republic of Lithuania (2003–2004); Prime Minister of Lithuania (2000–2001); Member of the Seimas (2000–2003)."},{"q":"Where did Rolandas Paksas study?","a":"Rolandas Paksas was educated at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation."}],"related":[{"name":"Abel Matutes","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abel-matutes"},{"name":"Syed Kamall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/syed-kamall"},{"name":"Andrej Plenković","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrej-plenkovic"},{"name":"Alain Terrenoire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alain-terrenoire"},{"name":"Alekos Alavanos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alekos-alavanos"},{"name":"Ambroise Guellec","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ambroise-guellec"},{"name":"Dalia Grybauskaitė","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dalia-grybauskaite"},{"name":"Valdas Adamkus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/valdas-adamkus"},{"name":"Algirdas Brazauskas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/algirdas-brazauskas"},{"name":"Antanas Smetona","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antanas-smetona"},{"name":"Jonas Staugaitis","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jonas-staugaitis"},{"name":"Antanas Merkys","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antanas-merkys"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/rolandas-paksas-0aa60e439f.jpg","width":500,"height":334,"license":"CC0","credit":"Vaalliant","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolandas_Paksas-_horizontali_foto.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Rolandas Paksas","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolandas_Paksas","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q296956","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296956","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Rolandas Paksas- horizontali foto.jpg by Vaalliant (CC0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolandas_Paksas-_horizontali_foto.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Rolandas Paksas, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Rolandas Paksas- horizontali foto.jpg — Vaalliant, CC0.","cite":"\"Rolandas Paksas\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/rolandas-paksas. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T08:56:59Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/rolandas-paksas","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/rolandas-paksas","ne":null}}