Vytautas Astrauskas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetVytautas Astrauskas
Soviet politician
Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1930
Place of Birth: Å iauliai, Kovno Governorate, Lithuania
Date of Death: 07-Aug-2017
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Vytautas Astrauskas
- Vytautas Astrauskas (30 September 1930 – 7 August 2017) was a communist politician in the Lithuanian SSR.
- Among his many public offices, he served in the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (the parliament) where from December 1987 to January 1990 he was chairman of the Presidium.Astrauskas was born in Å iauliai.
- From 1952 to 1953 he worked for the Communist Party of Lithuania out of their Å iauliai offices.
- In 1960 he graduated from the Vilnius Higher Party School of the Communist Party.
- From 1960 to 1966 he worked in the municipal government of Å eduva. In February 1980 he was first elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR.
- Beginning in 1981 he served as the Lithuanian CP secretary for agriculture.
- During 1988 and 1989 he was also a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. On 15 January 1990, Astrauskas resigned his position as chairman of the Lithuanian Presidium citing health reasons.
- He was replaced the same day by Algirdas Brazauskas.He died on 7 August 2017 in Vilnius and was buried in Antakalnis Cemetery.
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