Naphtali Friedman (sometimes also spelled Naftali; 15 May 1863, Juodžiai,

Kovno Governorate Kovno Governorate ( rus, Ковенская губеpния, r=Kovenskaya guberniya; lt, Kauno gubernija) or Governorate of Kaunas was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kaunas (Kovno in Russian). It was formed ...

- 5 May 1921) was a Jewish Lithuanian lawyer and politician. Elected as a Russian

Constitutional Democratic Party ) , newspaper = ''Rech'' , ideology = ConstitutionalismConstitutional monarchismLiberal democracyParliamentarism Political pluralismSocial liberalism , position = Centre to centre-left , international = , colours ...

deputy representing

to the Third (1907-1912, out of 2 Jewish deputies) and Fourth (1912-1917, out of 3 Jewish deputies)

State Duma of the Russian Empire The State Duma, also known as the Imperial Duma, was the lower house of the Governing Senate in the Russian Empire, while the upper house was the State Council. It held its meetings in the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg. It convened four times ...

.Dov Levin
The Litvaks: a short history of the Jews in Lithuania
Berghahn Books, 2000 , In 1914 he made a speech in which he claimed that the Jews would fight until the victory of the Russian Empire was achieved. He was also elected on April 19, 1920 to the

Constituent Assembly of Lithuania The Constituent Assembly of Lithuania ( lt, Steigiamasis Seimas) was the first parliament of the independent state of Lithuania to be elected in a direct, democratic, general, secret election. The Assembly assumed its duties on 15 May 1920 and w ...

on a common Jewish ticket and died in 1921.

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1863 births 1921 deaths People from Joniškis District Municipality People from Rossiyensky Uyezd Jewish Lithuanian politicians Russian Constitutional Democratic Party members Members of the 3rd State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the 4th State Duma of the Russian Empire Russian Constituent Assembly members Members of the Seimas Lawyers from the Russian Empire {{Lithuania-politician-stub