Balys Gajauskas
Balys Gajauskas (born February 24, 1926 in Gražiškiai , district Vilkaviškis ; † September 28, 2017 ) was a Lithuanian politician and member of the Seimas .
Life
Balys Gajauskas studied in Kaunas and graduated from high school. From 1945 he took up the resistance against the Soviet occupiers. In 1948 Gajauskas was arrested and sentenced to 25 years in a camp, which he served in various Gulag camps . From 1949 to 1956 he was imprisoned in the Balkhash and Sheqasghan camps, in the Mordovia camps from 1956 to 1973, and finally - after being released from prison - in the Perm-36 camp from 1978 to 1987 . He only returned to Lithuania in 1988. From 1990 to 1992 he was a member of the Atkuriamasis Seimas . From 1991 to 1992 he headed the Lithuanian State Security Agency Nacionalinė saugumo tarnyba . In the Seimas election he was a candidate in the list of Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga . From 1989 to 1997 he headed Lietuvos politinių kalinių ir tremtinių sąjunga (Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees).
In 1981 Gajauskas was awarded the International Peace and Freedom Prize.
family
Gajauskas was married. He and his wife Irena Gajauskienė had a daughter, Gražina Gajauskaitė.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gajauskas, Balys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian politician and member of the Seimas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gražiškiai , Vilkaviškis District , Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 28th September 2017 |