Moteyus Juozovich Shumauskas ( lit. Motiejus Šumauskas ; November 2 (15), 1905 , Kovno - May 28, 1982 , Vilnius ) - Soviet state and party leader, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR (1956-1967), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR (1967-1975).
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| Predecessor | Eustace Ignovich Paleckis | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Antanas Stasevich Barkauskas | ||||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Mechislovas Gedvilas | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Juozas Antonovich Manius | ||||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Vasily Petrovich Aronov | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Boris Sergeevich Sharkov | ||||||||||||
| Birth | November 2 (15), 1905 Kovno , Coven Province , Russian Empire (now - Lithuania ) | ||||||||||||
| Death | May 28, 1982 (aged 76) Vilnius , Lithuanian SSR , USSR | ||||||||||||
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| The consignment | Communist Party | ||||||||||||
| Religion | atheist | ||||||||||||
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Biography
Born November 15, 1905 in the city of Kovno .
Member of the Communist Party of Lithuania since 1924 .
- Since 1928 - secretary of the underground district committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania.
- In 1929, he was a political prisoner.
- In 1930 he graduated in absentia from the International Lenin School.
- Since 1930 - Secretary of the underground Central Committee of the Komsomol of Lithuania.
- In 1931 he was sentenced to 6 years of hard labor for revolutionary activity, in 1939 he was imprisoned in a concentration camp.
- In 1940 - Chairman of the Central Bureau of Trade Unions and Deputy Minister of Labor, in 1940 - 1946 - Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR and at the same time in 1940 - 1941 - Commissar of the local industry of the republic.
During the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1944 - in the Soviet Army. In April 1943, he was transferred to the occupied territory of Lithuania as the commander of an organizational group. Since January 6, 1944 - the first secretary of the Northern underground regional committee of the Communist Party (b) of Lithuania [1] .
- In 1945 - 1950 - Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Chairman of the State Planning Commission of the Lithuanian SSR.
- Since 1950 - First Secretary of the Šiauliai Regional Committee of the Communist Party (b) of Lithuania.
- Since 1953 - First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR.
- From February 19, 1954 to January 24, 1956 he was the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania.
- From January 16, 1956 to April 14, 1967 - Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR.
- From April 14, 1967 to December 24, 1975 - Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR.
Since January 1976 - a personal pensioner of national importance.
Member of the Supreme Council of the USSR of 2–9 convocations. The delegate of XX, XXII, XXIII [2] , XXIV [3] congresses of the CPSU. Candidate member of the Central Committee of the CPSU ( 1956 - 1976 ).
Rewards
- Hero of Socialist Labor (11/14/1975)
- 6 Orders of Lenin (03/22/1944; 07/20/1950; 04/05/1958; 01/10/1965; 08/27/1971; 11/14/1975)
- Order of the October Revolution (12.12.1973)
- Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (04/08/1947)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (11/14/1955)
- medal "For Labor Valor" (12/25/1959)
- Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st degree (04.17.1945)
- other medals
Notes
- ↑ Partisan movement in Lithuania during the years of Nazi occupation // Lithuania: a brief encyclopedia. / redkoll., pred. J. Zinkus. Vilnius, “Main Edition of Encyclopedias”, 1989. pp. 461-463
- ↑ XXIIIth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 29.3-8.4.1966
- ↑ XXIVth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 30.3-9.4.1971
Links
- Hero of Socialist Labor
- Shumauskas Moteyus Yuozovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- A Handbook on the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898-1991
- Library - People and Books