Antanas Kvedaras
Antanas Kvedaras (* 1887 in Žiuriai , Wolost Žagarė near Joniškis ; † 1967 in Kaunas ) was a Lithuanian forest official , Soviet-Lithuanian forest scientist and politician .
Life
In 1923 Kvedaras graduated from the Dotnuva Agricultural School and then worked as a forester in Panemunė and from 1924 to 1940 at Miškų departamentas. From 1940 to 1941 he was the director of the national authority "Forest Department" ( Miškų departamentas ). During World War II he lived in Russia . From 1944 to 1946 he was People's Commissar of the Forest Industry of Lithuania . From 1946 to 1947 he was Deputy Minister of Forest Industry and from 1947 to 1950 Soviet-Lithuanian Minister of Forestry . From 1950 to 1961 he headed the Lietuvos miškų ūkio institutas as director and from 1950 to 1961 the nature conservation commission of the Lietuvos mokslų akademija .
The Kaunas Forest Technical Center was named after him in 1967 .
literature
- Leonardas Kairiūkštis . Antanas Kvedaras. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. XI (Kremacija-Lenzo taisyklė). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2007. 375 psl.
- Life
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kvedaras, Antanas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian forest official, Soviet-Lithuanian forest scientist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Žiuriai , Wolost Žagarė at Joniškis |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1967 |
| Place of death | Kaunas |