Jonas Biržiškis

Jonas Biržiškis (born April 12, 1932 in Bagdonai , Wolost Kaltinėnai , now the Rajongemeinde Šilalė ) is a Lithuanian civil engineer and politician .

Life

Jonas Biržiškis studied at the Šilalė grammar school . In 1949 his family was deported to Bodaib ( Irkutsk Oblast ). In 1958 he graduated from the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Irkutsk and received his doctorate in 1978. From 1958 to 1990 Biržiškis worked as a civil engineer , from 1964 to 1965 taught at the Vilniaus universitetas , from 1988 to 1994 at the Civil Engineering Institute in Vilnius , from 1989 to 1990 at the Politechnikos institutas in Kaunas , from 1993 lecturer. From 1990 to 1996 he was Lithuania's transport minister in the Cabinet Vagnorius I , Lubys , Šleževičius and Cabinet Stankevičius , and from 2000 to 2006 General Director of “ Lietuvos ležinkeliai ”.

From 1997 to 2000 Biržiškis was president of the association “Lietuvos keliai”.

Akmens gavyba ir apdorojimas, su kt., 1980, Russian
Kelių statyba pelkėtose vietose naudojant sprogimo energiją, su kt., 1986, Russian

personal data
SURNAME	Biržiškis, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lithuanian civil engineer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bagdonai (Šilalė)