Stasys Lozoraitis Jr.

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Born(1924-08-02)2 August 1924
Georgetown University Hospital, United States
Political partyIndependent
ParentStasys Lozoraitis (father)
EducationSapienza University of Rome
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Stasys Lozoraitis Jr. (August 2, 1924 – June 13, 1994) was a Lithuanian diplomat and politician who served as the Head of the Lithuanian Diplomatic Service from 1987 to 1991, Chief Diplomat to the United States 1991 to 1993 and Ambassador to Italy 1993 to 1994. He was a son of the famous diplomat Stasys Lozoraitis (1898–1983) and brother of Kazys Lozoraitis.[5]

Lozoraitis studied law at the

Lithuanian SSR, a republic of the Soviet Union.[8]

In March 1990, Lithuania

August Putsch in Moscow and international recognition of independent Lithuania, Lozoraitis resigned the diplomatic service in favor of the national government established in Vilnius.[7] In December 1991, he was appointed as the new government's chief diplomat to the United States, where he re-established the embassy.[6] He was a candidate in the Lithuanian presidential election of February 1993, gathering 38.9% of vote and losing to Algirdas Brazauskas. In May 1993, just a few months after the election, Brazauskas recalled Lozoraitis as ambassador to the U.S. despite criticism of politicizing the issue.[9] In late 1993, Lozoraitis was appointed as the ambassador to Italy.[6]

Lozoraitis died of liver failure at

Georgetown University Hospital.[10] He was buried in Putnam, Connecticut, in a Lithuanian Roman Catholic cemetery; he was reburied in Petrašiūnai Cemetery in Kaunas in 1999.[11] The same year he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Cross of Vytis. Documentary Vilties prezidentas (The President of Hope) was produced by Vytautas V. Landsbergis in 1996.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Stasys Lozoraitis". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  2. ^ "Diplomatijos šefas: Stasio Lozoraičio įgaliojimai". Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  3. ^ "Stasio Lozoraičio jaunesniojo diplomatinė veikla JAV (1983–1993)". Vytautas Magnus University. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  4. ^ Rusakovaitė, Julija (2022-10-08). "Lietuvos ambasada prie Šventojo Sosto: atstovybė išsaugota net sovietinės okupacijos metais". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  5. ^ "Ekspozicija „Lietuva yra. Diplomatai Lozoraičiai dėl Nepriklausomybės"". Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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    ISBN 978-0-313-31878-8
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  7. ^
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
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  8. ISBN 978-0-312-12457-1
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  9. ISBN 978-0-7391-0027-1
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  10. ^ "Stasys Lozoraitis, Vilnius Envoy, 69". The New York Times. June 16, 1994.
  11. ^ "Kaune palaidoti Stasio Lozoraičio palaikai". Bažnyčios žinios (in Lithuanian) (12). 1999-06-30.
  12. ^ "1996 / Vilties Prezidentas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian film center. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
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