Antanas Tumėnas (13 May 1880 in Kurkliečiai, near

Rokiškis Rokiškis () is a list of cities in Lithuania, city in northeastern Lithuania, close to the Latvia–Lithuania border, with a population of 11,606 (2023). The city is a capital of the Rokiškis District Municipality with a population of 28,715 (20 ...

– 8 February 1946 in Bachmanning,

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) was a

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n politician, teacher, professor of law, judge, 8th

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, Chairman of the

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. He was a member of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. 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

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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