Algirdas Saudargas

Algirdas Saudargas
Saudargas in 2009
17th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
11 April 1990  17 December 1992
Prime MinisterKazimira Prunskienė
Albertas Šimėnas
Gediminas Vagnorius
Aleksandras Abišala
Preceded byStasys Antanas Bačkis
(as head of the Lithuanian Diplomatic Service)
Succeeded byPovilas Gylys
19th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
10 December 1996  9 November 2000
Prime MinisterGediminas Vagnorius
Rolandas Paksas
Andrius Kubilius
Preceded byPovilas Gylys
Succeeded byAntanas Valionis
Personal details
Born (1948-04-17) 17 April 1948
Kaunas, Lithuania
Political partyHomeland Union
European People's Party
Children2 incl. Paulius Saudargas
Alma materKaunas Institute of Medicine


Algirdas Saudargas (born April 17, 1948) is a Lithuanian politician and the signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He was the first foreign minister of Lithuania after it regained independence.