Lithuania: Presidential election, 17 May 2009: Lithuania votes in new president

Dalia Grybauskaite, the European Union Budget Commissioner, won a resounding victory in the election to be the next Lithuanian president on the 17 May 2009.

The Economist, No.8632, 23.5.09: Lithuania's new President. Steel magnolia http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13702731

EurActiv, 18.5.09: Commissioner wins Lithuanian presidency by landslide http://www.euractiv.com/elections/commissioner-wins-lithuanian-pre-news-221779

IFES Election Guide: Lithuania: Presidential Election, 17 May 2009 http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2098/

Robert Schuman Foundation: European Elections Monitor: Lithuania: Presidential Election 2009 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/eem/0923-lithuanian-presidential-election-a-round-up-one-week-before-the-election

Wikipedia: Lithuanian presidential election, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_presidential_election,_2009

BBC News, 18.5.09: Lithuania gets first woman head http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8054053.stm

Deutsche Welle, 18.5.09: Lithuanians vote in female president http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4260641,00.html

France24, 18.5.09: Grybauskaite elected country's first female president http://www.france24.com/en/20090518-grybauskaite-elected-first-female-president-lithuania-eu-budget-chief

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