Vytautas Antanas Dambrava
Vytautas Antanas Dambrava (born June 10, 1920 in Babinowitschi , Vitebsk Raion , Belarus ; † February 6, 2016 in Florida , United States ) was a Lithuanian diplomat and lawyer living in the United States of America .
Life
Dambrava graduated from the Utena state high school in 1939 . In 1941, after the Soviet annexation of Lithuania, he and his family were temporarily deported to Siberia . From 1942 to 1944 he graduated from the Music School in Vilnius and 1943 the study of law at the University of Vilnius . Fleeing from the renewed Soviet occupation of Lithuania, Dambrava emigrated to the west in 1944. From 1945 to 1948 he lived in Glasenbach . Dambrava studied at the University of Innsbruck and received his doctorate in law in 1946. From 1946 to 1948 he studied further at the Salzburg Mozarteum .
From 1948 he lived in the United States. Since 1969 Dambrava worked as an American diplomat and was consul general . From 1980 to 1985 he headed the Lithuanian Community of Venezuela . From 1986 to 1990 Dambrava was Lithuanian Honorary Consul General . From 1986 he was a member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Sciences . From 1992 to 1999 Dambrava was the Lithuanian ambassador to Venezuela, then to Spain and Argentina .
Dambrava spoke Lithuanian, Spanish, German, English, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and French.
family
Vytautas Antanas Dambrava was the eldest child of Silvestras Dambrava and Apolonija Dambravienė (née Pabarskaitė). His father was an organist and policeman, he ran a police station in Utena. Dambrava had three brothers and a sister. His brother Stasys Dambrava (1927-2013) worked as a teacher.
Dambrava was married to Unda Dambrava. They lived in Tampa , Florida.
bibliography
- Kelyje į laisvę: straipsniai, esė, interviu . Du ka, Wilnius, 1995, ISBN 9986-647-01-0 , LCCN 00-332502 ("On the way to freedom")
- Molotovo - Ribbentropo pakto užkulisiai . Valstybinė Spaustuvė Raidė, Kaunas, 1995, ISBN 9986-531-05-5
- Viešoji diplomatija . Du ka, Wilnius, 1997, ISBN 978-9986-647-04-1 , LCCN 2009-447097
- Vakar, šiandien ir visuomet . 2000
literature
- Vidmantas Valiušaitis (ed.): Širdis - Lietuva: Vytautas Antanas Dambrava diplomatinėje tarnyboje . “Į Laisvę” fondo Lietuvos fil., Kaunas, 2000, ISBN 9986-541-12-3 , LCCN 2003-424364
Web links
- Vytautas Antanas Dambrava . Biographical information on prabook.org,
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mirė ilgametis diplomatas Vytautas Antanas Dambrava . Lietuvos rytas , February 6, 2016 (Lithuanian).
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↑ Aldona Žemaitytė: Nekrologas: Išėjusiems - sugrįžti: tikėjimas ir meilė mumyse: Stasys Dambrava . Santakos laikraštis, May 3, 2013, accessed February 8, 2016 (Lithuanian).
Aldona Žemaitytė. Išėjusiems - sugrįžti (in memoriam Stasys Dambrava) . Bernardinai.lt, May 2, 2013, accessed February 8, 2016 (Lithuanian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dambrava, Vytautas Antanas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian diplomat and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Babinovichi , Vitebsk Raion , Belarus |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 2016 |
| Place of death | Florida |