Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis

Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis (19 August 1921 – 7 September 2018)[1] was a Lithuanian politician who was a long-term member of the Seimas.

Jonas Antanaitis in August 1992

Biography

Antanaitis was born in Rimšiniai village, Pakruojis district, Lithuania on 19 August 1921. He studied engineering at Vytautas Magnus University.[2]

After the Soviet Union occupied and annexed Lithuania, Antanaitis was a member of the resistance. He was arrested in 1944 and deported to Siberia. He returned to Lithuania in 1954, working as an engineer.[2][3]

In 1995, Antanaitis became a member of the Sixth Seimas through the electoral list of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.[2]

References
  1. alkas, VšĮ Tėviškės. "Į paskutinę kelionę bus išlydėtas pasipriešinimo kovų dalyvis Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis - Alkas.lt". alkas.lt. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. "Member of the Seimas 1992-1996". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. "Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis. Kelyje į amžinąsias vertybes". Respublika. Retrieved 2 March 2016.


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