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| 1996, Feb. 8 |
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| The Lithuanian Parliament voted to dismiss premier Adolfas Slezevicius because of his involvement in a banking scandal. On Feb. 15 Mindavgas Stankevicius was appointed in his place. | 1 |
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| 1998, Jan. 4 |
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| In a runoff election, Lithuanian-American Valdas Adamkus won the presidency. Adamkus was strongly backed by the former leader of the Communist Party, Algirdas Brazauskas. | 2 |
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| 1999, May 18 |
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| With pressure from Pres. Adamkus, Premier Vagnorius resigned and was replaced with pro-Adamkus leader Rolandas Paksas. | 3 |
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| Oct. 27 |
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| After the cabinet agreed to privatize Lithuania's Mazheikiu Nafta oil refinery, Paksas resigned in protest and was replaced by Irena Degutiene. | 4 |
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| Dec. 10 |
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| Lithuania was one of seven nations to be officially invited to apply to the EU. Also named in the EU announcement were Latvia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, and Turkey. | 5 |
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