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Vladas Niunka
Lithuanian communist (1907-1983) · Lithuania · On the map · Journalists · Died at 76
Vladas Niunka was a Lithuanian communist politician and publicist. He joined then-illegal Communist Party of Lithuania (CPL) in 1928. For his communist activities, he was arrested seven times by the Lithuanian police and spent about five years in prisons.
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He edited and published several communist newspapers, including Tiesa, Propagandistas, Komunistas. He was a long-term member of the Central Committee of CPL (1938-1983) as well as deputy (1947-1983) and chairman (1955-1963) of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR. During World War II and in 1948-1961, Niunka was secretary of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of CPL. He dedicated the last two decades of his life to academic work researching anti-communist policies and activities of the Catholic Church. He became a member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and a Candidate of Sciences.
