Romualdas Ozolas
Romualdas Ozolas 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, Sąjūdis 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, since renamed the Lithuanian Centre Party in 2005. He was a winner of the Stasys Šalkauskis prize.Works
