Leonas Bistras [SEP] place of death
Leonas Bistras
Leonas Bistras (20 October 1890 in Liepāja – 17 October 1971 in Kaunas) was one of the most prominent Lithuanian politicians of the interwar period. A Christian Democrat, he rose to the peak of his career in 1925, when he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Lithuania. Bistras also headed the ministries of education, defense and foreign affairs in several different governments throughout 1920s and 1930s and twice served as the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. After the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état and the subsequent
(LKDP) 4 February 1925 – 31 May 1926
- Vincas Čepinskis (LSDP) 15 June 1926 – 17 December 1926
- Leonas Bistras (LKDP) 17 December 1926 – 19 September 1929
- Konstantinas Šakenis (LTS 23 September 1929 – 8 June 1934
- Juozas Tonkūnas (nonpartisan) 12 June 1934 – 27 March 1939
- Leonas Bistras (LKDP) 28 March 1939 – 21 November 1939
- Kazys Jokantas (US) 21 November 1939 – 15 June 1940
List of ministers Ministers of Culture and