Ringaudas Songaila

Ringaudas Songaila
Songaila in 1983
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania
In office 1 December 1987 – 19 October 1988
Preceded by	Petras Griškevičius
Succeeded by	Algirdas Brazauskas
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR
In office 24 December 1975 – 16 January 1981
Preceded by	Antanas Barkauskas
Succeeded by	Lionginas Šepetys
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
In office 16 January 1981 – 18 November 1985
Preceded by	Juozas Maniušis
Succeeded by	Vytautas Sakalauskas
Personal details
Born	(1929-04-20)20 April 1929 Klaipėda, Lithuania
Died	25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 90)[citation needed] Trakai, Lithuania[citation needed]
Political party	Communist Party of Lithuania
Occupation	veterinarian politician

Ringaudas Bronislovas Songaila (20 April 1929^[1] – 25^{[citation needed]} June 2019)^[2] was a communist politician and Nomenklatura of the Lithuanian SSR. He was the last First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania (de facto leader of Lithuanian SSR) from 1987–1988.