Antanas Tumėnas (13 May 1880 in Kurkliečiai, near

Rokiškis Rokiškis () is a city in northeastern Lithuania with a population of about 14,400. History The legend of the founding of Rokiškis tells about a hunter called Rokas who had been hunting for hares ( Lit. "kiškis"). However, cities ending in " ...

– 8 February 1946 in Bachmanning,

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) was a

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n politician, teacher, professor of law, judge,

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in the 10th cabinet, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania. He was a member of the

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. Tumėnas was elected to the

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and was appointed as

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of the Constitutional Commission of Lithuania (1922). Later he was a member of the 1st Seimas. He was the speaker of Seimas in 1923. He participated in creating the law system of the new republic. He was

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in the 9th, 10th and 11th Cabinets of Lithuania.

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Bio at Lithuanian Seimas website
1880 births 1946 deaths People from Rokiškis District Municipality People from Kovno Governorate Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party politicians Prime Ministers of Lithuania Speakers of the Seimas Ministers of Justice of Lithuania Lithuanian schoolteachers Lithuanian judges Saint Petersburg State University alumni 20th-century Lithuanian lawyers 20th-century Lithuanian educators {{Lithuania-politician-stub