Tatjana Jančaitytė
Tatjana Jančaitytė (3 January 1911 – 1999) was a Soviet-Lithuanian politician. She served as the Minister of Social Affairs of the
Lithuanian SSR
in 1960–1973.
Biography
Jančaitytė was born on 3 January 1911 in
Lithuanian Communist Party which was outlawed at the time. For her communist activities, she was imprisoned in 1933, 1934, and 1936.[1] Her brother Alfonsas Jančaitis was also a communist who joined the 16th Rifle Division of the Red Army during World War II.[3]
After the
rubles to the party.[2] However, she was defended by First Secretary Antanas Sniečkus and the reprimand did not interrupt her communist career.[2]
When
Higher Party School in 1955, she become the first secretary of the district committee in Kėdainiai. In 1960, she was appointed as the Minister of Social Affairs and served until 1973.[1]
Jančaitytė was also a member of the
Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR in 1947–1971 and was a member of its Presidium in 1959–1963. She was also elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in 1950–1954.[1]
Jančaitytė died in 1999.[4]
References
- ^ LCCN 86232954.
- ^ a b c Ėmužis, Marius (2016). Sovietų Lietuvos valdantysis elitas 1944-1974 metais: tarpusavio ryšiai ir jų raiška (PhD thesis) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius University. pp. 81–82, 259.
- ISSN 2029-8439.
- ^ "Minsitrai" (in Lithuanian). Ministry of Social Security and Labour. Retrieved 13 March 2022.