Rolandas Paksas

About Rolandas Paksas

Who is it?: Former President of Lithuania
Birth Day: June 10, 1956
Birth Place: Telšiai, Lithuanian
Birth Sign: Cancer
Prime Minister: Algirdas Brazauskas
Preceded by: Irena Degutienė (Acting)
Succeeded by: Irena Degutienė (Acting)
President: Valdas Adamkus
Political party: Communist Party (Before 1989) Democratic Labour Party (1989–1995) Homeland Union (1995–2000) Liberal Union (2000–2002) Order and Justice (2002–present)
Spouse(s): Laima Paksienė
Alma mater: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Leningrad Civil Aviation Academy
Profession: Pilot
Allegiance: Lithuania
Service/branch: National Defence Volunteer Forces
Rank: Major

Rolandas Paksas Net Worth

Rolandas Paksas was born on June 10, 1956 in Telšiai, Lithuanian, is Former President of Lithuania. Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician and a former President of the country. Besides serving as the President of Lithuania, he also served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania and Mayor of Vilnius. He currently leads the Order and Justice (TT) party and is a Member of the European Parliament. He has participated in both national Lithuanian and national Soviet acrobatics teams and is a skilled stunt pilot. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he founded a construction company called Restako, where he served as company president. Five months following his first appointment as Prime Minister, he resigned due to a disagreement regarding privatization. After joining the Liberal Union of Lithuania (LLS), Rolandas Paksas was again elected Prime Minister and again resigned, this time due to disagreements over economic reforms. He then founded the center-right Liberal Democratic Party, contested for the presidency against Valdas Adamkus and was elected. When news that he had granted citizenship to a major campaign donor came to light, he became the first European Head of State to be impeached. After being removed from office and barred from the Seimas (unicameral Lithuanian parliament), he was elected to the European Parliament, leading his Order and Justice (TT) party
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💰Rolandas Paksas Net worth: $250,000

Biography/Timeline

1974

Paksas was born in Telšiai to Feliksas and Elena. In 1974, he finished Zemaites High School and continued studies at the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute (now Vilnius Gediminas Technical University). Paksas received a degree in civil engineering in 1979. In 1984, he graduated Leningrad Civil Aviation Academy. During this period, he competed in aerobatics competitions, participating in both Soviet and Lithuanian teams and winning several championships.

1980

A national aerobatics champion in the 1980s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Paksas founded a construction company, Restako. In 1997, he was elected to Vilnius City Council for the centre-right Homeland Union and became mayor. In May 1999, Paksas was appointed Prime Minister, but resigned five months later after a disagreement over privatisation. Paksas joined the Liberal Union of Lithuania (LLS) in 2000. The LLS won the 2000 election, and Paksas became PM again, but he left within seven months after another dispute over economic reforms.

1992

From 1992 to 1997, Rolandas Paksas was the President of the construction company "Restako".

1995

Paksas, a former member of Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) and its successor leftist Democratic Labour Party (LDDP) in 1995 switched his political orientation in favour of conservative right Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives). In 1997 Paksas was elected to Vilnius City Council and became the Mayor of the Vilnius city municipality. Paksas also served as chairman of the Vilnius branch of the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives).

1999

In June 1999, he became Prime Minister, heading the ninth Government after independence. Five months later, he resigned because of a disagreement over the sale of Mažeikių Nafta, a major Lithuanian oil refining company, to a US oil company. He then served as Special Assignments envoy to Adamkus.

2000

After leaving Homeland Union Paksas joined Liberal Union of Lithuania and in April 2000, he became the Mayor of the Vilnius city municipality again. In 2000, he was elected as the Prime Minister in the eleventh Cabinet and served from November 2000 to June 2001. In March 2002, Paksas was elected as a chairman of his newly founded Liberal Democratic Party.

2002

In 2002, Paksas founded the Liberal Democratic Party, and ran for the presidency, winning the run-off against incumbent Valdas Adamkus in January 2003. It emerged that he had granted citizenship to a major campaign donor, leading to his impeachment and removal from office in April 2004. He was the first European head of state to have been impeached. Barred from the Seimas, Paksas was elected to the European Parliament in 2009, while leading his party, now called Order and Justice (TT). His lifetime ban from the parliament was ruled to be disproportionate measure by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011. In 2018 the amendment which would allow for Paksas to run for parliamentary seat is to be submitted.

2003

On 26 February 2003 his term as a President began. During his term, concerns arose that he had ties to the Russian mafia. Yuri Borisov, President of the aviation company Avia Baltika, had donated $400,000 to his campaign, and was given Lithuanian citizenship by Paksas' decree. This decree was later ruled to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Court of Lithuania. Paksas' connections were investigated by the Department of Security. In early 2004, the Seimas started impeachment proceedings against him. On 31 March 2004 the Constitutional Court of Lithuania found him guilty of violating the constitution and his oath of office. On 6 April 2004, the Parliament (Seimas) voted on three charges: that he had leaked Classified information about his investigation to Borisov; that he had improperly restored Borisov's citizenship; and that he had interfered in a privatization transaction. The vote passed, effectively removing Paksas from the presidency.

2005

The District Court of Vilnius found Paksas not guilty of disclosing Classified information (state secrets). This decision was reversed in 2005 by the Court of Appeals of the Republic of Lithuania, on the basis that the District Court had not linked all the supporting evidence. The Appeals Court, while finding Paksas guilty of a Criminal act, did not impose a penalty, stating that Paksas's departure from public Service meant that he no longer posed a threat.

2011

In 2011, the European Court of Human Rights found the lifetime prohibition for Paksas to be elected to the parliament to be disproportionate and thus in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.