Justinas Karosas
Justinas Karosas (born September 7, 1937 in Sangrūda , Punsk municipality , † June 6, 2012 in Vilnius ) was a Soviet-Lithuanian Marxist philosopher , Lithuanian social democratic politician , Seimas member.
Life
From 1944 to 1958, Karosas attended the Sangrūda Middle School and from 1958 to 1963 he studied Liturgy at the Vilniaus universitetas (VU). From 1963 to 1967 he was an assistant in the philosophy department at VU. From 1967 to 1969 studied in the aspirantur . 1969 received his doctorate on the subject of "Position and role of ideology in the development of socialist society" (lit. " Ideologijos vieta ir vaidmuo socialistinės visuomenės vystymesi ").
From 1969 to 1972 he was a high school teacher and from 1973 to 1989 lecturer. In 1972/1973 he continued his education at the University of Vienna and in 1984/1985 with the Humboldt Scholarship at the University of Frankfurt am Main , the University of Mannheim and the University of Gießen .
Karosas was Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Vilnius from 1989 to 1992. In 1994 he completed his habilitation in philosophy and in 2000 he became a professor.
From 1963 he was a communist, in 1990 a member of Lietuvos democinė darbo partija , deputy chairman, and from 2001 a member of Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija (LSDP), council member.
From 1992 until his death Karosas was a member of the Seimas (at LSDP), from 2004 to 2008 head of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Awards
- 2004: Honorary Citizen of Druskininkai
- 2004: Commander of the Order for Services to Lithuania
- 2006: Order of the Marienland Cross III. class
- 2007: Grand Commander of the Order for Services to Lithuania
- 2007: Grand Cross of the Order for Services to Portugal
- 2011: Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.mokslas.mii.lt/mokslas/SRITYS/duom00.php?pav=K&sritis=H
- ↑ http://www.vrk.lt/rinkimai/400_lt/Kandidatai/Kandidatas22438/Kandidato22438Anketa.html
- ↑ http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=6734&p_k=1&p_a=5&p_asm_id=114&p_kade_id=6
- ↑ http://druskininkai.idamas.lt/index.php?1395100492 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.schattenblick.de/infopool/parl/land/thue0024.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karosas, Justinas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Lithuanian philosopher and politician, member of the Seimas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sangrūda , Punsk Municipality |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 2012 |
| Place of death | Vilnius |