President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania
Adamkus has one of the highest approval rates among politicians in Lithuania and is regarded as a moral authority in the state.
Adamkus was born to a Roman Catholic family in Kaunas.
As a young man Adamkus joined the underground against the Soviets.
Adamkus joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its inception in 1970 and was appointed regional administrator by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
government, Adamkus was a Republican, but was also respected by members of the Democratic Party for his personal and professional integrity.
Soon after his decision to run for presidency in 1998, he faced a legal battle in the Lithuanian courts, as doubts arose whether Adamkus was eligible to run for presidency due to the length of time he had spent abroad and the possibility that he might not meet minimum residency requirements.
In 2003 Valdas Adamkus was named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Construction of Knowledge Societies.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, noted that Valdas Adamkus was named as Ambassador "in recognition of his dedication to the Organization's aims and ideals and with a view to benefiting for the construction of knowledge societies from his wisdom and extensive experience in many of UNESCO's areas of concern, in particular promotion of social development, cultural diversity, dialogue and international cooperation.
President Adamkus expressed the view that the war's end, in Lithuania, marked the beginning of a fifty-year Soviet occupation and repression.
President Adamkus supported an active dialogue between European Union member states and those former Soviet republics such as Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova, that are actively seeking membership in the EU.
Valdas Adamkus enjoys a very high approval rating in Lithuania.
President Adamkus was actively involved in government reorganizations in 2004 and 2006.
The Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Iceland, 1998.
Adamkus išlieka populiariausiu Lietuvos politiku (Adamkus Remains the Most Popular Politician in Lithuania), Baltic News Service (BNS), 22 July 2006, Delfi.
President Adamkus is a native of Lithuania where he received his early education.
Adamkus was an active organizer for various Lithuanian American causes.
A: To the best of our knowledge President Adamkus met with Senator Lugar, Senator Reid, Senator Sarbanes, and Senator Durbin.
Mr Adamkus was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1926 and joined the resistance movement for Lithuanian independence during World War II.
Mr Adamkus was an active organizer of protest actions against the Soviet regime in Lithuania.
Mr Adamkus is expected to return to UNESCO Headquarters on October 9 for a ministerial roundtable meeting Towards knowledge societies.
Valdas Adamkus was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Vilnius University in 1989.
Valdas Adamkus received an international environmental award for outstanding achievements in the international arena.
Valdas Adamkus has himself established an award conferred each year on Lithuanias noted environmental specialists and scholars.
All quotes both by and from, are derived by an automatic algorithm with no human intervention.
When Rolandas Paksas, the new elected president, was impeached and removed by the Lithuanian Parliament in 2004, Adamkus was re-elected.
In 1958 through 1965, Adamkus was Vice-Chairman of the SANTARA-SVIESA (Accord-Light) cultural-political federation, a public organization of the Lithuanian émigrés of liberal orientation, to take up its chairmanship in 1967.
Valdas Adamkus was an active organizer of protest actions against Lithuania's occupation and the initiator of numerous petitions.
Adamkus was an active member of the United States Republican Party.
Valdas Adamkus was granted the title of Vilnius University Honorary Doctor in 1989.
In 1988, Adamkus was granted an international environmental award for outstanding achievements on the international arena.
Adamkus has himself established annual award granted to Lithuania's noted environmental specialists and scholars.
Adamkus has also been granted the US Environmental Protection Agency gold medal for the achievements in service and the award of the US.
In 1997, Adamkus was nominated by the Lithuanian Center Union for the Siauliai City Council.
Valdas Adamkus was elected President of the Republic of Lithuania on 4 January 1998.
On 26 February 1998, Valdas Adamkus was inaugurated President of the Republic of Lithuania.
Valdas Adamkus married his wife Alma in 1951.
Conservatives wins Lithuanian ballotEarlier Sunday, "Being in opposition is not a President Valdas Adamkus said that tragedy for US.
Adamkus signed state budget for 2009 :: The Baltic CoursePresident of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus has signed the state budget for 2009 passed by the Seimas.
Valdas Adamkus said that today, as we remember the suffering and the tragic fate of millions of people in Ukraine, we bear witness to the power of human and national memory.
Adamkus said expressing hope that a time would come when nobody ever attempts to deny the cruelties of the Soviet regime unleashed in Ukraine and claim that 25 thousand people were starved to death per day by a mismanaged economy or poor harvest.
In 2003 Adamkus was upset in his bid for reelection by Rolandas Paksas; however, Adamkus won a second term in a special election held in 2004 after Paksas was impeached.
Minister Milos Zeman, as well as a host of parliamentary leaders.
Vilnius - Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus took part in a teleconference Thursday morning with his Ukrainian and Polish counterparts, Viktor.
Adamkus was indignant about the sluggish reaction of the police, his spokeswoman Rita Grumadaite said.
of liberal orientation, to take up its chairmanship in 1967.
Doctor of Vilnius University (Lithuania), Indiana St.
Adamkus has also been granted the U.
Valdas Adamkus was inaugurated President of the Republic of Lithuania.
Val Adamkus has a wealth of experience and expertise to bring to this position.
Adamkus was awarded the agency's highest award, the EPA Gold Medal, in 1978, for distinguished leadership in the management of EPA's Region 5 and for outstanding contributions to international environmental control.
Representing his native Lithuania, Adamkus took first place in the long jump event in the European Olympic Games.
In 1979, Adamkus was chairman of the environmental implementation committee at the International Joint Commission meetings between Canada and the United States.
Adamkus is fluent in five languages--Russian, Polish, English, German, Lithuanian--and was a US.
In 1974, Adamkus received the Man of the Year Award from the American Lithuanian Republican League of Illinois.
orientation, to take up its chairmanship in 1967.
of protest actions against Lithuania's occupation and initiator of numerous petitions.
active member of the United States Republican Party.
environmental award for outstanding achievements on the international arena.
Union for the council of the Siauliai municipality.
Lithuania and put on his oath on February 26, 1998.
Valdas Adamkus was born into a family of civil servants in Kaunas on 3 November 1926.
Valdas Adamkus fled to Germany with his parents in July 1944.
In 1949, Valdas Adamkus came to the United States , where he was employed as a worker in a Chicago factory of car parts, later, as a draughtsman in an engineering firm.
In 1951, Valdas Adamkus married Alma Nutautait.
In early 70's Valdas Adamkus was invited to work for a newly established US federal environmental institution, the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA.
Valdas Adamkus was active in public and political life of the Lithuanian expatriate community.
While living in the United States , Valdas Adamkus was an active organizer of protests against Lithuania 's occupation and the initiator of numerous petitions.
Between 1961 and 1964, Adamkus was a member of the Board of the American-Lithuanian Community (LC), vice-chairman of the Centre Board, member of the American-Lithuanian Council (ALC.
Valdas Adamkus was an active participant and organiser of sports events.
Since 1972, Valdas Adamkus had been visiting Lithuania once or several times a year.
In 1998, Valdas Adamkus was elected President of the Republic of Lithuania.
Upon completion of his term in the office, Valdas Adamkus remained active in domestic and foreign politics and gave lectures at international conferences.
In 2003, President Valdas Adamkus was conferred the title of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Construction of Knowledge Societies.
In 1988, Valdas Adamkus was granted the International Environmental Award for outstanding achievements on the international arena.
Valdas Adamkus was named the European of the Year 2007 at the European Voice Awards.
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Dec 9 (UPI) -- Lithuania Tuesday played host to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for talks on transporting oil from the Odessa-Brody pipeline to Lithuanian refineries.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct 27 (UPI) -- Facing a looming energy shortage in his country, the Lithuanian president has placed a November Baku energy summit on his itinerary, officials said Monday.
BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (UPI) -- Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said his country was facing a major energy crisis as voters weighed in on a controversial nuclear energy plant.
BUENOS AIRES, July 19 (UPI) -- Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says his country is ready to conduct talks with the United States about hosting elements of a missile defense system.
Valdas Adamkus was re-elected president with just over 52 percent of the vote, according to figures released by Lithuania's election commission.
strengthen Europe's energy security.
President Adamkus was one of the four high-ranking mediators (Javier Solana, foreign policy chief of the European Union, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Boris Gryzlov, Chairman of the Russian Duma) who made an effort to salvage negotiations between the two candidates, who both claimed victory after the presidential runoff election on November 21.
Valdas Adamkus was interviewed by Valeriya BONDARENKO.
actions against Lithuania's occupation and initiator of numerous petitions.
to Lithuania's noted environmental specialists and scholars.