Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania

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Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania with signatures of the delegates
Original title	Lithuanian: Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo
Created	11 March 1990
Ratified	11 March 1990
Location	Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Author(s)	Vytautas Landsbergis
Signatories	124 members of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania
Purpose	Declaration of independence
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The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March (Lithuanian: Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on 11 March 1990, signed by all^[1] members of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania led by Sąjūdis. The act emphasized restoration and legal continuity of the interwar-period Lithuania, which was occupied by the Soviet Union and annexed in June 1940. In March 1990, it was the first of the 15 Soviet republics to declare independence, with the rest following to continue for 21 months, concluding with Kazakhstan's independence in 1991. These events (part of the broader process dubbed the "parade of sovereignties") led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.