Antanas Tumėnas
Antanas Tumėnas | |
|---|---|
| 8th Prime Minister of Lithuania | |
| In office 18 June 1924 – 27 January 1925 | |
| President | Aleksandras Stulginskis |
| Preceded by | Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| Succeeded by | Vytautas Petrulis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1880 Kurkliečiai, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 February 1946 (aged 65) Bachmanning, Austria |
| Political party | Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
Antanas Tumėnas (13 May 1880 in Kurkliečiai, near Rokiškis – 8 February 1946 in Bachmanning, Austria) was a Lithuanian politician, teacher, professor of law, judge, 8th Prime Minister of Lithuania, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania. He was a member of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party.
Tumėnas was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania and was appointed as chairman of the Constitutional Commission of Lithuania (1922).
Later he was a member of the 1st Seimas. He was the speaker of Seimas in 1923.[1] He participated in creating the law system of the new republic. He was Minister of Justice in the 9th, 10th and 11th Cabinets of Lithuania.
References[edit]
- ^ "Seimo Pirmininkai - 1920–1940 m. Seimo Pirmininkai" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas. February 10, 2020.
External links[edit]
- (in Lithuanian) Bio at Lithuanian Seimas website
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- 1880 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Rokiškis District Municipality
- People from Kovno Governorate
- Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party politicians
- Prime Ministers of Lithuania
- Speakers of the Seimas
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