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=== Lithuania=== [[File:2009 m. Respublikos Prezidento rinkimai Paksas (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lithuanian President [[Rolandas Paksas]] was the first European [[head of state]] to have been impeached.]] In the [[Republic of Lithuania]], the president may be impeached by a three-fifths majority in the [[Seimas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitution.htm|access-date=2016-04-04|archive-date=17 January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117080458/http://www3.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitution.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> President [[Rolandas Paksas]] was removed from office by impeachment on 6 April 2004 after the [[Constitutional Court of Lithuania]] found him guilty of having violated his oath and the constitution. He was the first European [[head of state]] to have been impeached.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lithuanian Parliament Removes Country's President After Casting Votes on Three Charges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/world/lithuanian-parliament-removes-country-s-president-after-casting-votes-three.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 April 2004|access-date=2016-04-04|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629083518/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/world/lithuanian-parliament-removes-country-s-president-after-casting-votes-three.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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