Juozas Karvelis

Juozas Karvelis (April 18, 1934 – April 12, 2018[1]) was a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.

Biography

After attending school in Inkakliai from 1942-44 and then in Švėkšna, near Šilutė, in 1949-50, he studied at the Lithuanian Maritime Academy in Klaipėda from 1952-54, continuing his studies at the Naval College of Murmansk. Karvelis studied at the University of Vilnius in 1960-63. He worked in Murmansk in 1954-58, and then in Klaipėda since 1959. He was Second Assistant to the Head of the Lithuanian Maritime Transport and Captain. He worked as a maritime captain at the trade port in Klaipėda in 1986-90.

A member of Sąjūdis, Karvelis became a member of the Fifth Seimas in 1990, being also a member of the Economic Committee. He did not seek re-election after 1992.

Family

Karvelis was married to Janina (b. 1934) and had three children.

References

  1. ↑ "Mirė signataras Juozas Karvelis" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.


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