Vytautas Šustauskas
Vytautas Šustauskas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Seimas | |
| In office 30 October 2000 – 11 November 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Stanislovas Buškevičius |
| Succeeded by | Rimantas Jonas Dagys |
| Constituency | Šilainiai |
| Mayor of Kaunas City Municipality | |
| In office 13 April 2000 – 30 October 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Henrikas Tamulis |
| Succeeded by | Erikas Tamašauskas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 March 1945 |
| Died | 21 June 2023 (aged 78) |
| Party | Union of the Fighters for Lithuania |
| Other political affiliations | Lithuanian Liberty League (1989-1992) Lithuanian Liberty Union (1992–2011) |
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Vytautas Šustauskas (19 March 1945 – 21 June 2023) was a controversial Lithuanian politician who was leader of the Lithuanian Liberty Union and Union of the Fighters for Lithuania political parties. A self-styled "king of the beggars", he was elected Mayor of Kaunas in 2000 and became a member of the Seimas in the same year. He was known for protests against poverty, inequality, membership in the European Union and NATO, and pride parades.
Šustauskas died on 21 June 2023, at the age of 78.