Lithuania: Polity Style: 1918-2024

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Lithuania: Polity Style: 1918-2024
23 Mar 1918	independence recognized by the government of Germany on the basis of an act of the Lietuvos Taryba of 11 Dec 1917 [1]
23 Mar 1918 - 21 Jul 1940	Lietuvos Valstybė \| State of Lithuania [2]
21 Jul 1940 - 11 Mar 1990	continued in Lithuania (Soviet Republic)
11 Mar 1990	name of the state is changed in accordance with a law passed by the Aukščiausioji Taryba 11 Mar 1990 with immediate effect (Lietuvos Respublikos Aukščiausiosios Tarybos ir Vyriausybės žinios, No. 9, 1990, Art. 221)
11 Mar 1990 -	Lietuvos Respublika \| Republic of Lithuania [3]
11 Mar 1990	statehood is proclaimed to have been re-established in accordance with an act passed by the Aukščiausioji Taryba 11 Mar 1990 with immediate effect (Lietuvos Respublikos Aukščiausiosios Tarybos ir Vyriausybės žinios, No. 9, 1990, Art. 222)


[1]	A declaration on restoration of independent state passed by the Lietuvos Taryba 16 Feb 1918 was prohibited by occupational authorities and did not have immediate effect.
[2]	Also in official use: Lietuvos Respublika (Republic of Lithuania) and Lietuva (Lithuania); the Constitutions of Lithuania routinely refer to the state as Lietuvos Valstybė (Constitution of 1918, amended Constitution of 1919, Constitutions of 1920, 1922, 1928, 1938), Lietuvos Respublika (in one article of the Constitution of 1922, in two articles of the Constitution of 1928, in one article of the Constitution of 1938) and Lietuva (Constitution of 1938).
[3]	The use of Lietuva as alternative polity style is endorsed by the same act.

Last update: 25 Dec 2023