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- Justas_Paleckis abstract "Justas Paleckis (born 22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1899 in Telšiai; died 26 January 1980) was a Lithuanian journalist and politician. He was acting president of Lithuania after the Soviet invasion while Lithuania was still ostensibly independent, in office from 17 June – 3 August 1940. He then remained as the nominal head of state of the Lithuanian SSR until 1967.In 1926–1927, he was a director of the Lithuanian official news agency, ELTA. He later voiced opposition to the ruling elite in Lithuania; in this way, he became a suitable candidate for the Lithuanian communists (manipulated by Soviet envoy Vladimir Dekanozov) to become the puppet leader of Lithuania in the Soviets' planned takeover of the country in 1940.After President Antanas Smetona fled to the US when the Soviet Union occupied the country, Prime Minister Antanas Merkys became acting president. A day after Smetona left the country, Merkys announced he had formally ousted Smetona and taken over the presidency himself. He then appointed Paleckis prime minister. Merkys himself resigned, making Paleckis acting president as well. These moves are now considered illegal and unconstitutional, since Smetona never resigned. As such, Lithuanian diplomats do not count Paleckis as a legitimate president.By this time, Lithuania had been occupied by Soviet troops. Paleckis' appointment as Prime Minister was made under orders form the Soviet embassy in Kaunas. Aided by specialists sent in from Moscow, Soviet deputy foreign minister Vladimir Dekanozov worked through the Lithuanian Communist Party, while the cabinet of ministers, headed by Paleckis, served an administrative function. Dekanozov and Paleckis brought a number of non-Communists into the first "People's government", but in historical retrospect it is clear that they constituted window dressing for the Soviet takeover. In order to save face, the Soviet Union attempted to cover its annexation of the Baltic States with a cloak of legality. Therefore, Moscow ordered the Paleckis government to carry out elections for a "People's Seimas" on 14–15 July. Voters were presented with a single list of candidates containing only Communists and their allies. The People's Seimas met on 21 July, with only one order of business—a request for admission to the Soviet Union, which was unanimously carried. A few days later, Moscow "accepted" the request—thus giving credence to the official line that Lithuania had carried out a socialist revolution and requested admission to the Soviet Union.Paleckis remained as head of state, a post which was named Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR, until 1967. As such, he personally signed orders authorizing the mass deportation of several figures from independent Lithuania. With his agreement, Merkys and Minister of Foreign Affairs Juozas Urbšys were deported to the Russian SFSR. The intelligentsia and Lithuania's elite were considered as enemies and were among the first sentenced to deportation or death. He worked closely with NKVD residents in Lithuania (M. Gedvilas, M. Mickis).During 1940–1953, some 132,000 Lithuanians were deported to remote areas of the USSR: Siberia, the Arctic Circle zone and Central Asia. More than 70% of the deportees were women and children. During the same period, another 200,000 people were thrown into prisons. Some 150,000 of them were sent to the Gulag (the USSR‘s concentration camps), situated mostly in Siberia.He served as Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities (1966–1970).His son Justas Vincas Paleckis is a politician and Member of the European Parliament and an active pro-EU politician.".
- Justas_Paleckis activeYearsEndDate "1940-08-03".
- Justas_Paleckis activeYearsEndDate "1967-04-14".
- Justas_Paleckis activeYearsStartDate "1940-06-17".
- Justas_Paleckis activeYearsStartDate "1940-08-25".
- Justas_Paleckis birthDate "1899-01-10".
- Justas_Paleckis birthPlace Lithuania.
- Justas_Paleckis birthPlace Telšiai.
- Justas_Paleckis birthYear "1899".
- Justas_Paleckis deathDate "1980-01-26".
- Justas_Paleckis deathYear "1980".
- Justas_Paleckis orderInOffice "Chairman of the Presidium of theSupreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR".
- Justas_Paleckis orderInOffice "President of Lithuania(not recognized)".
- Justas_Paleckis successor Motiejus_Šumauskas.
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- Justas_Paleckis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Justas Paleckis".
- Justas_Paleckis birthDate "1899-01-10".
- Justas_Paleckis birthPlace "Telšiai, Lithuania".
- Justas_Paleckis dateOfBirth "1899-01-10".
- Justas_Paleckis dateOfDeath "1980-01-26".
- Justas_Paleckis deathDate "1980-01-26".
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- Justas_Paleckis name "Paleckis, Justas".
- Justas_Paleckis nationality "22".
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- Justas_Paleckis order "Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR".
- Justas_Paleckis placeOfBirth "Telšiai, Lithuania".
- Justas_Paleckis predecessor Antanas_Merkys.
- Justas_Paleckis predecessor "Himself as de facto President of Lithuania".
- Justas_Paleckis shortDescription "Soviet politician".
- Justas_Paleckis successor Motiejus_Šumauskas.
- Justas_Paleckis successor "Himself as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR".
- Justas_Paleckis termEnd "1940-08-03".
- Justas_Paleckis termEnd "1967-04-14".
- Justas_Paleckis termStart "1940-06-17".
- Justas_Paleckis termStart "1940-08-25".
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- Justas_Paleckis description "Soviet politician".
- Justas_Paleckis description "Soviet politician".
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- Justas_Paleckis subject Category:1980_deaths.
- Justas_Paleckis subject Category:Lithuanian_communists.
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- Justas_Paleckis subject Category:Soviet_politicians.
- Justas_Paleckis subject Category:World_War_II_political_leaders.
- Justas_Paleckis hypernym Journalist.
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