Balys Gajauskas
Balys Gajauskas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Seimas | |
| In office 1990–1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 February 1926 Vygreliai, Lithuania |
| Died | 28 September 2017 (aged 91) Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Party | Lithuanian Nationalist Union |
| Spouse | Irena Gajauskienė |
| Children | Gražina Gajauskaitė |
Balys Gajauskas (24 February 1926 – 28 September 2017)[1] was a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. In 1978 he became a prisoner of conscience after being sentenced for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda" by the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR. Before that he had served a 25-year sentence for having participated in the Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance, being released in 1973.[2]
Gajauskas was a member of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas from 1990 to 1992,[1] and was subsequently a member of the Seimas until 1996. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election as a member of the Lithuanian Nationalist Union party.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Balys Gajauskas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
- ↑ Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR (published by Amnesty International, 1980, p. 14
- ↑ "Balys GAJAUSKAS - biografija" [Balys GAJAUSKAS - biography]. Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania (in Lithuanian). 8 November 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- 1926 births
- 2017 deaths
- Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by the Soviet Union
- Lithuanian politicians
- Soviet dissidents
- Lithuanian prisoners and detainees
- Soviet prisoners and detainees
- Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
- People from Vilkaviškis
- People of Lithuanian intelligence agencies
- Lithuanian politician stubs