Aleksandras Abišala (born 28 December 1955 in Inta, Russian SFSR) is a former Lithuanian politician and Prime Minister of Lithuania (1992).

Aleksandras Abišala
Abišala in 2008
4th Prime Minister of Lithuania
In office
21 July 1992 (1992-07-21) – 2 December 1992 (1992-12-02)
Preceded byGediminas Vagnorius
Succeeded byBronislovas Lubys
Personal details
Born (1955-12-28) 28 December 1955 (age 68)
Inta, Russian SFSR

Abišala was born on 28 December 1955 into a family of deportees in the Komi region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR).[1]

He became one of the leaders of the Kaunas faction of the Sąjūdis movement in 1988. Abišala was elected deputy to the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet in 1990 and was one of the signatories of the 11 March declaration of independence. Until 1992, he served as minister without portfolio, then from 21 July through 2 December 1992 as prime minister.[1]

In 2007, he established his own business consulting company called "A. Abišala and Partners".[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sužiedėlis, Saulius (2011). Historical dictionary of Lithuania (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7536-4. OCLC 1253439218.
  2. ^ http://www.abisala.com/content/letter$en Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Official website of A. Abišala and partners consulting

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Preceded by Prime Minister of Lithuania
21 July 1992 – 2 December 1992
Succeeded by