Impeachment of Rolandas Paksas

Date: April 6, 2004 • Location: Rome, Italy

Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas became the first European head of state to be removed from office by impeachment.

Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician who served as the sixth president of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment in April 2004. He previously served two terms as the prime minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. He led Order and Justice from 2004 to 2016 and was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019.