id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9836 Lithuania - Wikipedia .html text/html 32755 4708 67 250,000 people.[112] A year later, on 23 August 1989 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and aiming to draw the attention of the whole world to the occupation of the Baltic states, a political demonstration, the Baltic Way, was organized.[113] The event, led by Sąjūdis, was a human chain spanning 600 kilometres (370 mi) across Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn, indicating the desire of the people of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to break away from the Soviet Union. The president oversees foreign affairs and national security, and is the commander-in-chief of the military.[150] The president also appoints the prime minister and, on the latter's nomination, the rest of the cabinet, as well as a number of other top civil servants and the judges for all courts.[150] The current Lithuanian head of state, Gitanas Nausėda was elected on 26 May 2019 by unanimously winning in all municipalities of Lithuania.[151] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9836.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9836.txt