Jeronimas Kraujelis

Jeronimas Kraujelis (born February 16, 1938 in Šlekiai , Panevėžys district ; † March 31, 2019 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian agricultural entrepreneur and manager, politician , Seimas member and Minister of Agriculture of Lithuania .

Life

In 1957 after graduating from secondary school in Ramygala (near Panevėžys ) Jeronimas Kraujelis graduated from the Lietuvos žemės ūkio akademija in Kaunas in 1962 with a diploma in agricultural sciences . From 1962 to 1963 he worked as chief agronomist in Meškalaukis - collective farm in the pasvalys district municipality .

From 1989 to 1991 Jeronimas Kraujelis was Deputy Minister of Agriculture ( Deputy Minister ) for Economic Affairs of Soviet Lithuania and the Republic of Lithuania . From 1992 to 2000 he headed the Association of Lithuanian Agricultural Enterprises as General Director and President. From 2000 to 2004 was a member of the Seimas for the Naujoji sąjunga party , chairman of the Committee on Agriculture , and from 2001 to 2004 Minister of Agriculture of Lithuania in the Brazauskas I cabinet .

Jeronimas Kraujelis was Vice President of the Lithuanian Chamber of Agriculture (ŽŪR).

His grave is in the Kairėnai cemetery in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius .

Honor

• Honored Agronomist of Lithuania (Lietuvos agronomų sąjunga), 2015

family

Jeronimas Kraujelis was married. With Mrs. Eugenija he had a son.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jeronimas Kraujelis. Seimas , November 15, 2004, accessed April 5, 2019 (Lithuanian). 
2. ↑ Mirė buvęs žemės ūkio ministras Jeronimas Kraujelis. In: Lietuvos žinios . April 1, 2019, accessed April 5, 2019 (Lithuanian). 
3. ↑ Lietuvos agronomų sąjungos suvažiavimuose nominuoti agronomai. Lietuvos agronomų sąjunga (Lithuanian Agrarian Union), accessed April 5, 2019 (Lithuanian, "List of Honored Agronomists of Lithuania").