Česlovas Juršėnas

Česlovas Juršėnas
Speaker of Seimas
In office April 1, 2008 – November 14 , 2008
Preceded by	Viktoras Muntianas
Succeeded by	Arūnas Valinskas
In office February 25, 1993 – November 25, 1996
Preceded by	Himself, acting
Succeeded by	Vytautas Landsbergis
Acting Speaker of Seimas
In office November 25, 1992 – February 25, 1993
Preceded by	Vytautas Landsbergis
Succeeded by	Himself, not acting
In office April 6, 2004 – July 12, 2004
Preceded by	Artūras Paulauskas
Succeeded by	Artūras Paulauskas
Personal details
Born	(1938-05-18) 18 May 1938 Panyžiškė, Ignalina district, Lithuania
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (since 2001) Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (1990-2001) Communist Party of Lithuania (until 1989)
Spouse(s)	Jadvyga Juršėnienė
Children	Saulius Juršėnas

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

In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school with a gold medal and entered Vilnius University from which he graduated in 1966.

During 1960-1964 he 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.

Česlovas has published several books about politics and the world.