Romualdas Ozolas (31 January 1939 – 6 April 2015)[1] was a Lithuanian politician, activist, writer and pedagogue who taught at Vilnius University.[2] He was a member of the Lithuanian branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1973 to 1990,[2] and a member of the Lithuanian independence movement, Sąjūdis from 1988 to 1990.[2] In 1988, he founded the cultural Vilnija organisation. From 1990 to 1991 he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania together with Algirdas Brazauskas.