Justas Paleckis

Born

January 22, 1899

Died

January 26, 1980 (aged 81)

Known as

politician, poet, journalist, translator

Justas Paleckis was a Lithuanian Soviet author, journalist, and politician. He was the nominal acting president of Lithuania after the Soviet invasion while Lithuania was still ostensibly independent, in office from 17 June to 3 August 1940. He then remained the nominal head of state of the Lithuanian SSR until 1967.

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