Kazimira-Danutė Prunskienė has died, the first Prime Minister of…

Kazimira-Danutė Prunskienė has died, the first Prime Minister of Lithuania after the restoration of its independence.

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Kazimiera Danutė Prunskiénė died on July 30, 2024.
She was the first Prime Minister of independent Lithuania.
She signed the Act of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania on March 11, 1990.
She served as Prime Minister from March 1990 until January 1991.
She was a professor and economist with a doctorate in economics.
She was a founding member of the Sąjūdis movement.
She had a scientific career in Hungary and East Germany before the restoration of independence.
She was involved in international diplomacy, meeting leaders of Western countries including George H. W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, François Mitterrand, and Helmut Kohl.
She was referred to as the 'Amber Lady' by the media.
She suffered a stroke in February 2012 and did not return to active political life.
Her son confirmed her death to the media.
She was born on February 26, 1943, in Vasūliškės, Lithuania.

She was a member of the Communist Party before independence. — tg_radiosvoboda
She resigned in January 1991 after the Supreme Council annulled her cabinet's decision to raise food prices. — vedomosti
She underwent two operations and fell into a coma after her stroke in February 2012, and returned to Lithuania in April 2013 after rehabilitation in Moscow. — fontanka
She was not recognized as a collaborator with the KGB, as the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania overturned the 2011 decision that accused her of such cooperation. — vm
She was a member of the Communist Party prior to independence. — vedomosti
Anatoly Sobchak referred to her as one of only two 'true female politicians' in Russia, alongside Galina Starovoitova. — fontanka