Jonas Staugaitis

{{short description|Lithuanian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jonas Staugaitis

| image = Jonas Staugaitis.jpg

| order = Acting President of Lithuania

| term_start = 18 December 1926

| term_end = 19 December 1926

| predecessor = Kazys Grinius

| successor = Aleksandras Stulginskis (acting)

| office1 = Speaker of the Seimas

| president1 = Aleksandras Stulginskis
Kazys Grinius

| term_start1 = 2 June 1926

| term_end1 = 17 December 1926

| predecessor1 = Vytautas Petrulis

| successor1 = Aleksandras Stulginskis

| birth_date = {{birth date|1868|5|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Omentiškiai, Suwalki Governorate, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|1|18|1868|5|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union

| party = Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union

| alma_mater = University of Warsaw

}}

Jonas Staugaitis ({{Pronunciation|Jonas Staugaitis.ogg}}; 20 May 1868 in Omentiškiai, Suwałki Governorate – 18 January 1952 in Kaunas) was the acting President of Lithuania during the December 1926 coup d'état.{{Cite web|title=Jonas Staugaitis|publisher=Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania|access-date=17 October 2009|url=http://www3.seimas.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=4160&p_d=44694&p_k=1|language=lt|archive-date=27 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227193415/http://www3.seimas.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=4160&p_d=44694&p_k=1|url-status=dead}} He was formally elected for a few hours as the Speaker of the Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he also became the de jure President of Lithuania. He renounced the office after the coup d'état was complete.

He was a medical doctor, having studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1919, he was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) as a member of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. On 2 June 1926, he was elected the speaker of Seimas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35536&p_k=1|title=Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai|date=10 February 2020|publisher=Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas|language=lt}}

He is buried in the Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.