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Dalia Grybauskaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position.

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Grybauskaitė was born on 1 March 1956 to a working-class family in Vilnius. She attended Salomėja Nėris High School.

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On 26 February 2009, Grybauskaitė officially announced her candidacy for the 2009 presidential election. There were three women and four men as presidential candidates.

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Grybauskaitė assumed presidential duties on 12 July 2009, and accepted half of her presidential salary. Her first presidential visits abroad were made to Sweden and Latvia; in April 2011, she made a state visit to Norway.

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She is an inspiring figure, because she was the first woman to be a president in Lithuania. She is a smart, independent, hardworking and strong woman.