Nijolė Ambrazaitytė (21 February 193927 November 2016) was an opera singer, politician, and signatory of the 1990
Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March () was an Declaration of independence, independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on 11 March 1990, signed by all members of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Se ...
.
Biography
Ambrazaitytė was born in ,
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. Ambrazaitytė's parents moved to Germany during World War II and later to Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents in a village in the
Raseiniai district. She was deported to Siberia in 1948, returning in 1956 to study at the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. Her career as a singer began in 1966. She has released about 30 recordings and has performed in various international opera houses. Ambrazaitytė, elected to the
Supreme Council of Lithuania
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in 1990, the
Seimas
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in 1992 and the
Seventh Seimas in 1996 has also served as a member of the Commission on State Pensions.
In 1996, she received the
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
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, third class.
Ambrazaitytė died on 27 November 2016.
References
1939 births
2016 deaths
Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery
Lithuanian opera singers
Women members of the Seimas
Commander's Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
People's Artists of the USSR
20th-century Lithuanian women singers
21st-century Lithuanian women singers
20th-century women opera singers
21st-century women opera singers
Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Members of the Seimas
People from Lazdijai District Municipality
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