Vladas Jurgutis

Portrait of Jurgutis
Commemorative Litas coin dedicated to 75th anniversary of the Bank of Lithuania, with a portrait of Vladas Jurgutis

Vladas Jurgutis (17 November 1885 in Joskaudai near Palanga – 9 January 1966 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian priest, economist, and professor. As the first chairman of the Bank of Lithuania he is unofficially considered to be the "father of the Lithuanian litas."[1]

  1. ^ Edita Muzikaitė. Lito tėvas Vladas Jurgutis Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-01-27