Antanas Merkys
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 69 years ago |
Date of birth | February 1,1887 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Skapiskis |
Lithuania | |
Date of died | March 5,1955 |
Died | Vladimir Oblast |
Russia | |
Spouse | Marija Merkienė |
Party | Lithuanian Nationalist Union |
Children | Gediminas Merkys |
Education | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Previous position | President of Lithuania (1940–1940), Prime Minister of Lithuania (1939–1940) |
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ID | 1041438 |
Antanas Merkys Life story
Antanas Merkys was the last Prime Minister of independent Lithuania, serving from November 1939 to June 1940. When the Soviet Union presented an ultimatum to Lithuania demanding that it accept a Soviet garrison, President Antanas Smetona fled the country leaving Merkys as acting president.