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Antanas Merkys

1887 - 1955

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Antanas Merkys (; 1 February 1887 – 5 March 1955) was the last Prime Minister of independent Lithuania, serving from November 1939 to June 1940. When the Soviet Union presented an ultimatum to Lithuania demanding that it accept a Soviet garrison, President Antanas Smetona fled the country leaving Merkys as acting president. Merkys ostensibly cooperated with the Soviets, and illegally took over the presidency in his own right. After three days, Merkys handed power to Justas Paleckis, who formed the People's Government of Lithuania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antanas Merkys has received more than 58,509 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Antanas Merkys is the 8,728th most popular politician (down from 7,420th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antanas Merkys ranks 8,728 out of 19,576. Before him are István Horthy, Fulk II, Count of Anjou, Tiaa, Verina, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, and Leo I, Prince of Armenia. After him are Giovanni Spadolini, Manlio Brosio, Liu Yongfu, Liu Penzi, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, and Giselbert of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Antanas Merkys ranks 103. Before him are Walter Ruttmann, Samuil Marshak, Johann Radon, Miklós Kállay, Kurt Atterberg, and James Finlayson. After him are Frigyes Karinthy, Charles Galton Darwin, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Şükrü Saracoğlu, Simon Kimbangu, and Arthur Percival. Among people deceased in 1955, Antanas Merkys ranks 67. Before him are Reiner Stahel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Luis Otero, Cy Young, Louis Lachenal, and Emma Jung. After him are Edward Kasner, Robert W. Wood, Léon Werth, Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Antanas Merkys ranks 64 out of 328. Before him are Simon Dach (1605), Aharon Barak (1936), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Bruno Abakanowicz (1852), Audrys Bačkis (1937), and Joseph Klausner (1874). After him are Laurence Harvey (1928), Donatas Banionis (1924), Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), Ingrida Šimonytė (1974), Hermann Sudermann (1857), and Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Antanas Merkys ranks 28. Before him are Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Birutė (1317), Jonas Basanavičius (1851), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Aharon Barak (1936), and Antoni Radziwiłł (1775). After him are Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), Ingrida Šimonytė (1974), Rolandas Paksas (1956), Justas Paleckis (1899), Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885), and Daumantas of Pskov (1240).

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