Česlovas Juršėnas

Česlovas Juršėnas (born 18 May 1938[1]) is a Lithuanian politician and a former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.

Česlovas Juršėnas
Speaker of Seimas
In office 1 April 2008 – 14 November 2008
Preceded by	Viktoras Muntianas
Succeeded by	Arūnas Valinskas
In office 25 February 1993 – 25 November 1996
Preceded by	Himself (acting)
Succeeded by	Vytautas Landsbergis
Acting Speaker of Seimas
In office 25 November 1992 – 25 February 1993
Preceded by	Algirdas Brazauskas
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 6 April 2004 – 12 July 2004
Acting for	Artūras Paulauskas
Personal details
Born	(1938-05-18) 18 May 1938 Panižiškė, Poland
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (since 2001) Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (1990-2001) Communist Party of Lithuania (until 1989)
Spouse	Jadvyga Juršėnienė
Children	Saulius Juršėnas

In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school (now Ignalina Česlovas Kudaba Progymnasium) with a gold medal and entered Vilnius State University of Vincas Kapsukas, graduating in 1960.[2]

During 1960–1964 Juršėnas was an employee of a newspaper Tiesa.

He was a signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania on 11 March 1990.[1]

Juršėnas has published several books about politics and the world.[1]