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Lithuania elects first female president

May 20, 2009
By Laima Vaige

SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE: Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius congratulates President-elect Dalia Grybauskaite on her landmark victory in the presidential elections, where she secured the most votes of any candidate in history to become the country’s first female head of state.
VILNIUS - Dalia Grybauskaite, the European Commission member for financial programming and budget, has won the May 17 presidential elections in a landslide victory. Grybauskaite, 53, who will make history as the country’s first female president, said she understands the victory comes with a profound responsibility and is ready to take the job on. “I would like to congratulate the Lithuanian people on their decision and I think that together, with their continued belief in me, we can make it ...

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