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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.
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]
Bildung
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
Bildung
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
Bildung
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 GovernmentJune 18, 1924 January 27, 1925
11th GovernmentFebruary 4, 1925 September 19, 1925
12th GovernmentSeptember 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
Finanzbranche
Vytautas Petrulis
Petras Karvelis
Agriculture and State Resources[ 25]
Mykolas Krupavičius
Bildung
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
Finanzbranche
Albinas Rimka
Petras Karvelis and Juozas Tūbelis [ 33]
Juozas Tūbelis
Agriculture
Jurgis Kirkščiūnas
Jonas Pranas Aleksa
Bildung
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]
Finanzbranche
Juozas Tūbelis
Julius Indrišiūnas
Agriculture
Jonas Pranas Aleksa
Stasys Putvinskis
Juozas Tūbelis and Vladas Mironas [ 38]
Bildung
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
Finanzbranche
Julius Indrišiūnas
Jonas Sutkus
Ernestas Galvanauskas
Agriculture
Juozas Skaisgiris
Jurgis Krikščiūnas
Juozas Audėnas
Bildung
Juozas Tonkūnas
Leonas Bistras
Kazys Jokantas
Communications
Kazys Germanas
Jonas Mailiūnas
^ To December 19, 1919
^ From December 24, 1918
^ a b c d There is conflicting data about this minister. In this case Banevičius (1991) was followed.
^ a b c d e f g Held the title of Director
^ a b During the 1st, 5th, and 6th Governments, was named Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Industry
^ a b During the 1st, 5th, and 6th Governments, was part of Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Industry
^ Held the title of Deputy Minister
^ a b c d e f g Acting
^ Acting Director
^ Also acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
^ Acting, from June 19, 1921
^ Acting, from December 20, 1921
^ From January 1, 1922
^ There is conflicting data about this minister. In this case Lietuva (2008) was followed.
^ Acting, from August 21, 1919
^ From April 7 or 11, 1921
^ From September 28, 1922
^ Renamed to Ministry of Finance after the 8th Government
^ From August 21, 1922
^ Renamed to Ministry of Agriculture during the 9th Government
^ Gitelman, Zvi Y. (2003). The emergence of modern Jewish politics: Bundism and Zionism in Eastern Europe . Univ of Pittsburgh Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-8229-4188-0 . Retrieved 2009-11-07 .
^ Resigned on February 12, 1924; Chancery closed on March 19, 1924
^ From April 21, 1926
^ From July 8, 1924
^ Renamed just to Ministry of Agriculture during the 11th and 12th Governments
^ From November 8, 1929
^ From November 30, 1929
^ From April 1, 1931
^ From August 9, 1927
^ Acting, from November 22, 1928
^ From June 27, 1930
^ From February 4, 1928
^ a b From May 3, 1927
^ Director, from May 3, 1927 to February 4, 1928. Minister, from February 4, 1928
^ Director, from November 22, 1928
^ From November 1, 1935
^ From October 1, 1938
^ Acting, from October 1, 1938