Romualdas Ozolas

Romualdas Ozolas (31 January 1939 – 6 April 2015)[1] was a Lithuanian politician, activist, writer and pedagogue who taught at Vilnius University.[2] He was a member of the Lithuanian branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1973 to 1990,[2] and a member of the Lithuanian independence movement, Sąjūdis from 1988 to 1990.[2] In 1988, he founded the cultural Vilnija organisation. From 1990 to 1991 he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania together with Algirdas Brazauskas. He joined the Lithuanian Centre Union in 1993 and was its chairman until 2000.[2] In 1996, he was elected to the Seimas and served until 2000.[2] From 2003 to 2007 he chaired the National Centre Party (NCP), since renamed the Lithuanian Centre Party (LCP) in 2005. He was a winner of the Stasys Šalkauskis prize.[2]

Professor
Romualdas Ozolas
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania
In office
17 March 1990 – 10 January 1991
Member of the Seimas
In office
25 November 1991 – 18 October 2000
Preceded byČeslovas Juršėnas
Succeeded byArtūras Paulauskas
Personal details
Born(1939-01-31)31 January 1939
Joniškėlis, Lithuania
Died6 April 2015(2015-04-06) (aged 76)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Political partySąjūdis (1988–1990)
Spouse(s)Irena Ozolienė
Alma materVilnius University (1962)

Works
  • Stories about Philosophers and Philosophy (1988)
  • The First Years of Re-established Independence (1992)
  • Within the Sources of Rebirth (1996)

References
  1. "Mirė buvęs Seimo narys, signataras Romualdas Ozolas". lrytas.lt. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015.
  2. Romualdas OZOLAS, bio on the pages of Lithuanian parliament


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