Romualdas Ozolas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Romualdas Ozolas

Lithuanian politician

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1939

Place of Birth: Joniškėlis, Panevėžys County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 06-Apr-2015

Profession: politician, university teacher, journalist

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Romualdas Ozolas (31 January 1939 – 6 April 2015) was a Lithuanian politician, activist, writer and pedagogue who taught at Vilnius University.
He was a member of the Lithuanian branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1973 to 1990, and a member of the Lithuanian independence movement, Sajudis from 1988 to 1990.
In 1988, he founded the cultural Vilnija organisation.
From 1990 to 1991 he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania together with Algirdas Brazauskas.
He joined the Lithuanian Centre Union in 1993 and was its chairman until 2000.
In 1996, he was elected to the Seimas and served until 2000.
From 2003 to 2007 he chaired the National Centre Party (NCP), since renamed the Lithuanian Centre Party (LCP) in 2005.
He was a winner of the Stasys Šalkauskis prize.