
1896–1991
Juozas UrbÅ¡ys (29 February 1896 â 30 April 1991) was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator.
Juozas UrbÅ¡ys (29 February 1896 â 30 April 1991) was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator. He served in the military between 1916 and 1922 and then joined the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1938, UrbÅ¡ys was named its head and served in that position until Lithuania's occupation in 1940. UrbÅ¡ys was imprisoned by the Soviet authorities in 1940 and deported to Siberia, where he spent the next 13 years in various prisons. UrbÅ¡ys died in 1991, having lived long enough to see Lithuania's independence restored, and was buried in PetraÅ¡iÅ«nai Cemetery, Kaunas.
Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.
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