Mečislovas Gedvilas

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Lithuanian politician (1901-1981)

PoliticiansLived 1901 to 1981 · aged 79

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Mečislovas Gedvilas was a Lithuanian Communist politician who collaborated with occupying Soviet forces. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Lithuanian SSR from 1940 to 1956.

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Awards 8

1976Order of Friendship of Peoples

1960Order of Lenin

1947Order of Lenin

1945Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Connected to Mečislovas 6

Adam PróchnikAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Małgorzata FornalskaAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Franciszek JóźwiakAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Mieczysław NiedziałkowskiAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Marceli NowotkoAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Norbert BarlickiAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

About this person

Mečislovas Gedvilas was a Lithuanian Communist politician who collaborated with occupying Soviet forces. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Lithuanian SSR from 1940 to 1956. Rivalry between him and Antanas Sniečkus, the first secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party, led to his demotion to Minister of Education (1957-1973).