Kazimieras Venclauskis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kazimieras Venclauskis

Lithuanian lawyer (1880-1940)

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1880

Place of Birth: Plungė, Telšiai County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1940

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Kazimieras Venclauskis

  • Kazimieras Venclauskis (27 February 1880 – 24 February 1940) was a Lithuanian attorney, politician, and philanthropist.
  • After graduating from the University of Tartu and completing the mandatory five-year practice at a court and prosecutor's office, he moved to Šiauliai where he established a successful private law practice in 1908 and lived until his death.
  • Venclauskis joined the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania in 1902 and was active during the Russian Revolution of 1905.
  • He was elected to the Šiauliai City Duma in 1911 and planned to run in the election to the Russian State Duma in 1912, but an arrest by police spoiled the plans.
  • He was an active member or chairman of various Lithuanian societies, including Žvaigžde and Jega that organized Lithuanian schools and Varpas that organized amateur theater performances and other cultural events.
  • After World War I, he was briefly elected as the first burgermeister of Šiauliai.
  • He was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania in May 1920 and reelected to the First Seimas in October 1922.
  • He then returned to the Šiauliai City Council, serving as chairman (1925–1931) and member (1935–1939).
  • His lucrative private attorney practice, which focused on commercial representation and arbitration, allowed him to become a philanthropist.
  • Together with his wife, he sheltered and raised over a hundred orphans and foundlings and otherwise supported various students.
  • In 1925, he became chairman of Kultura Society which published Lithuanian books.
  • He worked to establish a professional theater in Šiauliai in 1930 and co-founded a construction company to build a modern theater hall which has housed the Šiauliai Drama Theater since 1941.
  • His former home in Šiauliai now hosts a section of the Šiauliai Aušros Museum.

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