Jonas Sutkus
Jonas Sutkus (born April 15, 1893 in Žemlaukis , Šakiai Rajongemeinde ; † December 10, 1942 in Sverdlovsk ) was a Lithuanian lieutenant general and politician.
Life
In 1910 Jonas Sutkus graduated from high school in Kaunas and in 1916 from Moscow Aleksey War School. In 1923 he attended and completed Vytautas Magnus officer courses in Kaunas. From 1913 to 1914 he worked as a teacher in Lithuania . From 1929 to 1937 he was responsible for army logistics. From March 28, 1939 to November 21, 1939 he was Minister of Finance of Lithuania in the government of Jonas Černius .
Jonas Sutkus was a member of Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga .
Career
- Brigadier General (1931)
- Division General (1937)
- Lieutenant General
Awards
- 1932: Order of the White Lion , 2nd level ( Czechoslovakia )
literature
- Jean-Marie Thiébaud: Dictionnaire biographique des Pays baltes: Le personnel politique, diplomatique et militaire de 1918 à 2007 . Editions L'Harmattan, 2007, ISBN 978-2-296-17825-0 , p. 240. (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JONAS SUTKUS (1893. – 1942.) Ukmergės kraštotyros muziejus, accessed on November 18, 2018
- ↑ Order of the White Lion ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sutkus, Jonas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian lieutenant general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Žemlaukis , Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1942 |
| Place of death | Sverdlovsk |