President of the Seimas

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The President of the Seimas is the speaker and presiding officer of Lithuania’s unicameral parliament, responsible for leading its sessions and representing the legislature domestically and abroad.

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Surface form Occurrences
President of the Riigikogu 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office
presiding officer
speaker of parliament
appointedBy Seimas NERFINISHED
associatedWith Lithuanian parliamentary system
canBeRemovedBy vote of the Seimas
canHaveDeputy Vice-Speaker of the Seimas NERFINISHED
country Lithuania
electionMethod elected by members of the Seimas
electionType indirect election
governmentBranch legislative branch of Lithuania
inception 1990
jurisdiction Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED
legalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED
Statute of the Seimas NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Seimas NERFINISHED
memberOf Board of the Seimas NERFINISHED
nativeLabel Seimo Pirmininkas NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Lithuanian
officeHoldersInclude Artūras Paulauskas NERFINISHED
Irena Degutienė NERFINISHED
Loreta Graužinienė NERFINISHED
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen NERFINISHED
Vytautas Landsbergis NERFINISHED
officeLocation Seimas Palace, Vilnius NERFINISHED
parliamentType unicameral parliament
precedence high-ranking state official of Lithuania
responsibility chairs plenary sittings of the Seimas
convenes sittings of the Seimas
coordinates activities of Seimas committees and commissions at a high level
ensures adherence to the Rules of Procedure of the Seimas
ensures implementation of Seimas decisions within the parliamentary administration
maintains order during parliamentary sittings
may propose the agenda of Seimas sittings
organizes the work of the Seimas
represents the Seimas domestically
represents the Seimas in international parliamentary organizations
represents the Seimas in relations with foreign parliaments
represents the Seimas in relations with the Government of Lithuania
represents the Seimas in relations with the President of Lithuania
represents the Seimas internationally
signs acts adopted by the Seimas
submits certain draft decisions to the Seimas
role head of the Seimas
presiding officer of the Seimas
speaker of the Seimas
seat Vilnius NERFINISHED
termRelation serves during the term of the Seimas that elected them

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Seimas elects President of the Seimas
Riigikogu hasSpeakerTitle President of the Seimas
this entity surface form: President of the Riigikogu