List of governments of Lithuania (1918–1940)
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The list gives the composition of the governments of the Republic of Lithuania from 1918 to 1940. During that period Lithuania was an independent republic. From 1918 to December 1926 it was a democracy and the governments were formed from members of various parties. After the coup of 1926, Lithuania was ruled by authoritarian Antanas Smetona and his party, the Lithuanian National Union. Only the last two governments included members from the opposition.
Sources sometimes give conflicting data about the ministers, especially from the early governments. That is because those governments were short-lived, formed during the time of war, and not well documented.
Governments
| Ministry | 1st Government November 11, 1918 December 26, 1918 |
2nd Government December 26, 1918 March 5, 1919 |
3rd Government March 12, 1919 April 12, 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Augustinas Voldemaras | Mykolas Sleževičius | Pranas Dovydaitis |
| Foreign Affairs | Augustinas Voldemaras | ||
| Internal Affairs | Vladas Stašinskas | Jonas Vileišis | Aleksandras Stulginskis |
| Defense | Augustinas Voldemaras[1] and Mykolas Velykis[2][3] | Mykolas Velykis | Antanas Merkys[4] |
| Justice | Petras Leonas | Liudas Noreika | |
| Finance[5] | Martynas Yčas | ||
| Commerce and Industry[6] | Jonas Šimkus | ||
| Agriculture and State Resources | Juozas Tūbelis | Povilas Matulionis[7] | |
| Education | Jonas Yčas[4] | Mykolas Biržiška | Jonas Yčas |
| Provision and Public Work | Vladas Stašinskas[3][8] | Juozas Paknys[9] | Aleksandras Stulginskis |
| Communications | Matynas Yčas[3] | Jonas Šimoliūnas[4] | |
| Without Portfolio for Belarusian Affairs | Juozapas Voronko | ||
| Without Portfolio for Jewish Affairs | Jocob Wygodsky | ||
| Without Portfolio | Aleksandras Stulginskis | ||
| Ministry | 4th Government April 12, 1919 October 2, 1919 |
5th Government October 7, 1919 June 15, 1920 |
6th Government June 19, 1920 January 18, 1922 |
| Prime Minister | Mykolas Sleževičius[10] | Ernestas Galvanauskas | Kazys Grinius |
| Foreign Affairs | Augustinas Voldemaras | Juozas Purickis, Vladas Jurgutis,[11] Petras Klimas,[12] and Vladas Jurgutis[13][14] | |
| Internal Affairs | Petras Leonas | Eliziejus Draugelis | Rapolas Skipitis |
| Defense | Antanas Merkys and Povilas Žadeikis[3][15] | Pranas Liatukas[4] | Konstantinas Žukas and Jonas Šimkus[16] |
| Justice | Liudas Noreika | Vincas Karoblis | |
| Finance[5] | Jonas Vileišis | Ernestas Galvanauskas | |
| Commerce, and Industry[6] | Jonas Šimkus | ||
| Agriculture and State Resources | Aleksandras Stulginskis | Juozas Tūbelis[4] | Jonas Pranas Aleksa |
| Education | Juozas Tūbelis | Kazys Bizauskas | |
| Supply and Provision | Steponas Kairys | ||
| Labor and Social Security | Juozas Paknys | ||
| Communications | Valdemaras Čarneckis | Ernestas Galvanauskas[8] | |
| Without Portfolio for Belarusian Affairs | Juozapas Voronko | Dominik Semashko | |
| Without Portfolio for Jewish Affairs | Max Soloveitzik | ||
| Without Portfolio | Jokūbas Šernas | ||
| Ministry | 7th Government February 2, 1922 February 22, 1923 |
8th Government February 22, 1923 June 28, 1923 |
9th Government June 29, 1923 June 17, 1924 |
| Prime Minister | Ernestas Galvanauskas | ||
| Foreign Affairs | Vladas Jurgutis and Ernestas Galvanauskas[17] | Ernestas Galvanauskas | |
| Internal Affairs | Kazimieras Oleka | Karolis Žalkauskas | |
| Defense | Balys Sližys | ||
| Justice | Vincas Karoblis | Antanas Tumėnas | |
| Finance, Commerce, and Industry[18] | Jonas Dobkevičius and Vytautas Petrulis[19] | Vytautas Petrulis | |
| Agriculture and State Resources[20] | Jonas Pranas Aleksa | Mykolas Krupavičius | |
| Education | Petras Juodakis | Leonas Bistras | |
| Communications | Petras Vileišis | Benediktas Tomaševičius | Tomas Norus-Naruševičius |
| Without Portfolio for Belarusian Affairs | Dominik Semashko[8] | Ernestas Galvanauskas[8] | |
| Without Portfolio for Jewish Affairs | Max Soloveitzik till April 1922, then Julius Brutzkus[21] | Bernard Naftal Friedman | Simon Rosenbaum[22] |
| Ministry | 10th Government June 18, 1924 January 27, 1925 |
11th Government February 4, 1925 September 19, 1925 |
12th Government September 25, 1925 May 31, 1926 |
| Prime Minister | Antanas Tumėnas | Vytautas Petrulis | Leonas Bistras |
| Foreign Affairs | Voldemaras Čarneckis | Mečislovas Reinys and Leonas Bistras[23] | |
| Internal Affairs | Antanas Tumėnas[4] and Zigmas Starkus[24] | Antanas Endziulaitis | |
| Defense | Teodoras Daukantas | Leonas Bistras | |
| Justice | Antanas Tumėnas | Vincas Karoblis | |
| Finance | Vytautas Petrulis | Petras Karvelis | |
| Agriculture and State Resources[25] | Mykolas Krupavičius | ||
| Education | Leonas Bistras | Kazys Jokantas | |
| Communications | Balys Sližys | ||
| Ministry | 13th Government June 15, 1926 December 17, 1926 |
14th Government December 17, 1926 September 19, 1929 |
15th Government September 23, 1929 June 8, 1934 |
| Prime Minister | Mykolas Sleževičius | Augustinas Voldemaras | Juozas Tūbelis |
| Foreign Affairs | Mykolas Sleževičius[8] | Augustinas Voldemaras | Juozas Tūbelis[8] and Dovas Zaunius[26] |
| Internal Affairs | Vladas Požėla | Ignas Musteikis | Ignas Musteika, Petras Aravičius,[27] and Steponas Rusteika[28] |
| Defense | Juozas Papečkys | Antanas Merkys, Teodoras Daukantas,[29] and Augustinas Voldemaras[30] | Jonas Variakojis and Balys Giedraitis[31] |
| Justice | Mykolas Sleževičius | Stasys Šilingas and Aleksandras Žilinskas[32] | Aleksandras Žilinskas |
| Finance | Albinas Rimka | Petras Karvelis and Juozas Tūbelis[33] | Juozas Tūbelis |
| Agriculture | Jurgis Kirkščiūnas | Jonas Pranas Aleksa | |
| Education | Vincas Čepinskis | Leonas Bistras and Kostantinas Šakenis[33] | Konstantinas Šakenis |
| Communications | Benediktas Tomaševičius[4] | Juozas Jankevičius, Stasys Čiurlionis,[34] and Jonas Variakojis[35] | Vytautas Vileišis |
| Ministry | 16th Government June 12, 1934 September 6, 1935 |
17th Government September 6, 1935 March 24, 1938 |
18th Government March 24, 1938 December 5, 1938 |
| Prime Minister | Juozas Tūbelis | Vladas Mironas | |
| Foreign Affairs | Stasys Lozoraitis | ||
| Internal Affairs | Steponas Rusteika | Julius Čaplikas | Silvestras Leonas |
| Defense | Petras Šniukšta | Petras Šniukšta and Stasys Dirmantas[36] | Stasys Raštikis[8] |
| Justice | Stasys Šilingas | Boleslovas Masiulis and Vladas Stašinskas[37] | |
| Finance | Juozas Tūbelis | Julius Indrišiūnas | |
| Agriculture | Jonas Pranas Aleksa | Stasys Putvinskis | Juozas Tūbelis and Vladas Mironas[38] |
| Education | Juozas Tonkūnas | ||
| Communications | Jokūbas Stanišauskas | ||
| Ministry | 19th Government December 5, 1938 March 27, 1939 |
20th Government March 28, 1939 November 21, 1939 |
21st Government November 21, 1939 June 15, 1940 |
| Prime Minister | Vladas Mironas | Jonas Černius | Antanas Merkys |
| Foreign Affairs | Juozas Urbšys | ||
| Internal Affairs | Silvestras Leonas | Kazys Skučas | |
| Defense | Kazys Musteikis | ||
| Justice | Jonas Gudauskis | Antanas Tamošaitis | |
| Finance | Julius Indrišiūnas | Jonas Sutkus | Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| Agriculture | Juozas Skaisgiris | Jurgis Krikščiūnas | Juozas Audėnas |
| Education | Juozas Tonkūnas | Leonas Bistras | Kazys Jokantas |
| Communications | Kazys Germanas | Jonas Mailiūnas | |