FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Ingrida Simonyte casts her vote during the first round of Lithuanian Presidential election in Vilnius, Lithuania May 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Ingrida Simonyte and Gitanas Nauseda will face off in the second round in Lithuania's presidential election after Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis conceded defeat in Sunday's vote and said he would resign his post in July.
Simonyte, 44, a former finance minister in a centre-right government, and Nauseda, 54, a former senior economist at a top bank, were favourites ahead of the election.
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