Albertas Šimėnas was Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Lithuania

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 of Lithuania

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 for 3 days, from January 10 to January 13, 1991. He disappeared during the January Events

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 and was replaced by Gediminas Vagnorius

Gediminas Vagnorius

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.

Šimėnas graduated from Vilnius University

Vilnius University

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 in 1972 with a degree in economics. He lectured at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

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 from 1984 to 1989. He joined activities of Sąjūdis

Sajudis

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 movement and was elected to the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas

Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas

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. On March 11, 1990 he signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania

Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania

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, declaring Lithuania's independence from the Soviet Union

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. In January 1991, when the first government led by Kazimira Prunskienė

Kazimira Prunskiene

Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė was the first Prime Minister of Lithuania after the declaration of independence of March 11, 1990 and Minister of Agriculture in the government of Gediminas Kirkilas....

 resigned due to rising prices, Šimėnas became the Prime Minister. However, as the Russian Army entered Vilnius

Vilnius

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 and surrounded key buildings, Šimėnas disappeared. In an emergency session, Gediminas Vagnorius

Gediminas Vagnorius

Gediminas Vagnorius is a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania between 1991 and 1992, and again from 1996 until 1999....

 took over his cabinet and became the Prime Minister. Šimėnas suddenly reappeared on January 14. He joined Vagnorius' government as Minister of Economy on May 30, 1991 and served until the government resigned on July 21, 1992. In 1994, he joined the Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Lithuanian Christian Democrats

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. Later, he was elected to the Seimas

Seimas

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 (1996–2000). He ran unsuccessfully in the 2004 Seimas and European Parliament elections

European Parliament election, 2004 (Lithuania)

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, after which he joined the private sector.

Šimėnas published several academic papers on economy and a monograph about economic reforms in Lithuania from 1990 to 1994.