Canada and the World Backgrounder, December 1st, 2003
Capital: Vilnius
Head of State: President Rolandas Paksas (since January 2003) President is elected by popular vote for a five-year term
Head of Government: Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas (since July. 2001) Prime Minister is appointed by the president on the approval of the Parliament
Parliament: or Seimas, has one house of 141 seats. 71 members are directly elected by popular vote, 70 are elected by proportional representation; members serve four-year terms
POLITICS
prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas is a political survivor. He was the last Communist leader of Lithuania during the ...
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