Algirdas_Saudargas Knowpia

Algirdas Saudargas (born April 17, 1948) is a Lithuanian politician and the signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He was the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Lithuania. He was foreign minister from March 24, 1990, to December 12, 1992, and again from December 4, 1996, to October 30, 2000. In 1992, Algirdas Saudargas, together with 9 other Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs and an EU commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.^[1]

He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.

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Seimas
New constituency	Member of the Seimas for Vilijampolė 1990–1992	Succeeded by Arimantas Juvencijus Raškinis (Aleksotas-Vilijampolė)
Preceded by Rytas Kupčinskas	Member of the Seimas for Aleksotas-Vilijampolė 2000–2004	Succeeded by Rytas Kupčinskas
Preceded by Stasys Lozoraitis Jr. as Chief of Lithuanian Diplomatic Service	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania 1990–1992	Succeeded by Povilas Gylys
Preceded by Povilas Gylys	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania 1996–2000	Succeeded by Antanas Valionis

^ Kristensen, Gustav N. 2010. Born into a Dream. EuroFaculty and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Berliner Wissentshafts-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8305-1769-6.