Kazys Grinius, the third President of Lithuania, served as Prime Minister from 1920 until 1922 and was elected President by the Third Seimas, but served for only six months, as he was deposed in a coup led by Antanas Smetona, under the pretext that there was an imminent communist plot to take over Lithuania.
Kazys Grinius ([kzis rns (listen), 17 December 1866  4 June 1950) was the third President of Lithuania, and held that office from 7 June 1926 to 17 December 1926. He served as Prime Minister from 1920 until 1922, and signed a treaty with the Soviet Union. He was elected President by the Third Seimas, but served for only six months, as he was deposed in a coup led by Antanas Smetona, under the pretext that there was an imminent communist plot to take over Lithuania. 
