Vaiva Radasta Vėbraitė
Vaiva Radasta Vėbraitė-Vėbra (born August 24, 1954 in USA; † December 13, 2008 ) was a Lithuanian politician, Vice Minister .
Life
Vaiva Vėbraitė is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters Degree in Biology from Yale University . She then taught Lithuanian history at Sacred Heart University . Vaiva Vėbraitė established the "Atgimimas" lituanist school in Connecticut and directed it as a director and taught as a teacher. From 1997 Vaiva Vėbraitė headed a center of the Ministry of Education in Lithuania . From 1998 to 2001 she was Deputy Minister of Education. From 2004 she was a consultant to Valdas Adamkus .
Vaiva was married to James Gust and had a daughter and three sons.
Vėbraitė's grave is in Vilnius , in the Antakalnis cemetery .
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| SURNAME | Vėbraitė, Vaiva Radasta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vėbraitė-Vėbra, Vaiva Radasta (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian politician, Vice Minister of Education |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 2008 |