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Valdas Adamkus

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Valdas Adamkus (Lithuanian: [ˈvɐ̂ˑɫdɐs ɐˈdɐmˑkʊs] ; born Voldemaras Adamkavičius; 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian politician, diplomat and civil engineer who served as the fifth and seventh president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009. Adamkus' first tenure as president lasted for five years, from 26 February 1998 to 28 February 2003, following his defeat by Rolandas Paksas in the 2003 presidential election. Paksas was later impeached and removed from office by a parliamentary vote on 6 April 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valdas Adamkus has received more than 383,382 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Valdas Adamkus is the 2,350th most popular politician (up from 2,655th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 24th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

Valdas Adamkus was the president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003. He was the first Lithuanian president to be born after the country regained its independence from the Soviet Union. He is most famous for his efforts to bring Lithuania into NATO and the European Union.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valdas Adamkus ranks 2,350 out of 19,576. Before him are Wang Zhaojun, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Theodoric II, Hage Geingob, Aleksandar Vučić, and Urraca of León. After him are Fausta, Theudebert I, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Alfonso IX of León, Eric I of Denmark, and Erich Mielke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Valdas Adamkus ranks 39. Before him are Allen Ginsberg, Tsung-Dao Lee, Paul Berg, Harper Lee, Irwin Rose, and Murray Rothbard. After him are Mel Brooks, Necmettin Erbakan, Louise Hay, Andrew Schally, Jack Brabham, and Abdus Salam.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus ranks 20 out of 328. Before him are César Cui (1835), Romain Gary (1914), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Jascha Heifetz (1901), Emilia Plater (1806), and Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956). After him are Antanas Smetona (1874), Barbara Radziwiłł (1520), Marija Gimbutas (1921), Hacı I Giray (1397), Andrew Schally (1926), and Vytautas Landsbergis (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus ranks 9. Before him are Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Algirdas (1296), Kęstutis (1297), and Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956). After him are Antanas Smetona (1874), Hacı I Giray (1397), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), Gabriel Narutowicz (1865), and Sigismund Kęstutaitis (1365).

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