List of rulers of Lithuania

Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1236–1569)
Main article: Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Title: Grand Duke ( Lithuanian: didysis kunigaikštis ; Belarusian: vialiki kniaź ; Polish: wielki książę ) except for Mindaugas, who became king of Lithuania ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos karalius <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto;">).

House of Mindaugas (1236 -1285)
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Dates are approximate because of scant written sources.

House of Gediminas (1285–1440)
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=Republic of Lithuania (1990–present) = <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">The leader of the Supreme Council was the official head of state from the declaration of independence on 11 March 1990 until the new Constitution came into effect in 1992 establishing the office of President and the institution of <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> Seimas<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">. The state and its leadership were not recognized internationally until September 1991.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Title from 1990 to 1992: Chairman of the Supreme Council (Parliament) (Lithuanian: Aukščiausiosios Tarybos pirmininkas). Title from 1992 onwards: President (Lithuanian: Prezidentas).