Karlis Janis (Karl Fritsevich) Priezhe ( Latvian: Kārlis Žanis Prieže ; July 7, 1907 , Ventspils , Courland Province , Russian Empire - February 25, 1977 , Riga , Latvian SSR ) - Latvian Soviet political, state and public figure.
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Biography
From the peasants. Since 1929 - a member of the Communist Party of Latvia , engaged in underground activities, was repeatedly arrested by the authorities, spent several years in prison.
After Latvia joined the USSR in 1940, he was appointed secretary of the Ventspils - Talsi - Tukums County Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia.
In the same year he was elected as a deputy of the People’s Diet of Latvia , presided over its separate meetings.
In 1944-1948 he was secretary of the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR . In 1945-1949 he worked in the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Latvia .
Later, before retiring in 1962, he was Deputy Minister of Social Security of the Latvian SSR.
Links
- Kārlis Žanis Prieže (Latvian)
- Ventspils komūnistu prāva kaŗatiesā (Latvian)