Robert Harley vs Valdas Adamkus

Queen Anne appointed Robert Harley as Lord Treasurer and created him Earl of Oxford. He became the head of the Tory ministry, overseeing the end of the War of the Spanish Succession and the negotiation of the Treaty of Utrecht.

Harley's ministry negotiated the Treaty of Utrecht, ending the War of the Spanish Succession. The treaty recognized Philip V as King of Spain, ceded Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain, and marked Britain's rise as a major colonial power.

After the death of Queen Anne and the accession of George I, the new Whig government impeached Harley for high treason. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two years before being acquitted, but his political career was ended.

Valdas Adamkus was elected President of Lithuania in January 1998, winning the runoff election with 50.4% of the vote. He was a former US Environmental Protection Agency official and ran as an independent, focusing on European integration and economic reform.

Adamkus was re-elected for a second term in June 2004, winning 52.6% of the vote in the runoff. His second term oversaw Lithuania's accession to the European Union and NATO, and he continued to push for economic and judicial reforms.

Under Adamkus's presidency, Lithuania joined the European Union on May 1, 2004, along with nine other countries. This was a major milestone in Lithuania's post-Soviet integration into Western institutions, and Adamkus played a key role in the negotiations.