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Lithuanian Presidential Election
May 12
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019. Incumbent president Dalia Grybauskaitė is term-limited.
Candidates
Declared candidates
- Naglis Puteikis, member of the Seimas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Centre Party
- Aušra Maldeikienė, well-known economist, Member of the Seimas
- Valentinas Mazuronis, member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Environment
- Gitanas Nausėda, economist, lecturer
- Petras Auštrevičius, member of the European Parliament
- Arvydas Juozaitis, philosopher, former sportsman.
- Ingrida Šimonytė, economist, MP and former Minister of Finance (2009–2012)
- Vytenis Andriukaitis, Lithuania’s European Commissioner, former Minister of Health (2012-2014), and a co-signatory to the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Potential candidates
The following Lithuanians are mentioned in the media as potential candidates for the 2019 presidential election:
- Visvaldas Matijošaitis, Mayor of Kaunas
- Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister since 2016, former Minister of Interior (2014–2016)
- Valdemar Tomaševski, politician, leader of party of Poles of Lithuania.
Declined candidates
- Žygimantas Pavilionis, member of the Seimas, former Ambassador of Lithuania to United States
- Vygaudas Ušackas, former EU Ambassador to Russia. Lost TS-LKD primaries.
Sources and further reading:
Seimas announced the dates for the 2019 elections
https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=119&p_k=2&p_t=260985
Presidential election campaign kicks off in Lithuania
