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Juozas Urbšys

Lithuanian politician (1896-1991) · Lithuania · On the map · Politicians · Died at 95

Juozas Urbšys was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator. He served in the military between 1916 and 1922 and then joined the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Officer of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Officer of the Order of Vytautas the Great
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Order of Vytautas the Great

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In 1938, Urbšys was named its head and served in that position until Lithuania's occupation in 1940. Urbšys was imprisoned by the Soviet authorities in 1940 and deported to Siberia, where he spent the next 13 years in various prisons. Urbšys died in 1991, having lived long enough to see Lithuania's independence restored, and was buried in Petrašiūnai Cemetery, Kaunas.

Country
Lithuania
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1991 · aged 95