title: Česlovas Laurinavičius
text: # Česlovas Laurinavičius
  
  Česlovas Laurinavičius (born September 16, 1952 in Klaipeda) is a Lithuanian historian and politologist, In 2003, he was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. Since 2001, he has served as the head of the Department of the 20th Century History at the Lithuanian Institute of History.
  
  