Valdas Adamkus pronunciation (help·info) (born Voldemaras Adamkavičius on November 3, 1926) is the current President of the Republic of Lithuania. It is the second term (although his terms were not served consecutively) that he has served in this position. In Lithuania, the President's term lasts for five years; Adamkus' first term in office began on February 26, 1998 and ended on February 28, 2003, following his defeat by Rolandas Paksas in the presidential election. Paksas was impeached and removed from office by a parliamentary vote on April 6, 2004. Soon afterwards, when the new election was announced, Adamkus ran for president and was re-elected. Adamkus has one of the highest approval rates among politicians in Lithuania and is regarded as a moral authority in the state. He did not stand for re-election during the Lithuanian presidential election in 2009.

He is married to Alma Adamkienė, who is involved in charitable activities in Lithuania.

Adamkus was born to a Roman Catholic family in Kaunas. His father was one of the first heads of the Lithuanian Air Force School in the Republic of Lithuania. As a young man Adamkus joined the underground against the Soviets. During World War II, his family escaped to Germany from the Soviet occupation. He attended the University of Munich in Germany before emigrating to the United States in 1949. Fluent in five languages - Lithuanian, Polish, English, Russian and German - he served as a senior non-commissioned officer with the 5th Army Reserve's military intelligence unit in the 1950s.