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Resolution of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania, with regard to the provisions of the State Lithuanian Language Commission, has decided to regulate the following order of writing names and surnames in the passport of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania:

1. In the passport of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, the name and surname shall be spelt in the letters of the Lithuanian language in concordance with the Lithuanian name and surname record in other personal documents or passports available.

2. In the passport of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, the name and surname of the persons of non-Lithuanian origin shall be spelt in the letters of the Lithuanian language. On the citizen's request in writing, the name and surname can be spelt in the order established as follows:

a) according to pronunciation and without Lithuanian endings or

b) according to pronunciation adding Lithuanian endings

3. The names and surnames of the persons, who have already possessed citizenship of other State, shall be written according to the passport of the State or an equivalent document available in the passport of the Republic of Lithuania on its issue.

4. The names and surnames written in the passport of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania can be replaced in the order as established by a separate regulation.

Vytautas Landsbergis

The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania

January 31, 1991, Vilnius No I-1031

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