Mykolas Krupavičius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lithuanian politician
Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1885
Place of Birth: Balbieriškis, Kaunas County, Lithuania
Date of Death: 04-Dec-1970
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Mykolas Krupavičius
- Mykolas Krupavicius (October 1, 1885, Balbieriškis, Suwalki Governorate – December 4, 1970, Chicago) was a Lithuanian priest and politician.
- He is best remembered for his involvement with the land reform in the interwar Lithuania. In 1900 Krupavicius enrolled into the Veiveriai Teachers' Seminary.
- He showed interest in politics from early days: during the Russian Revolution of 1905 he was arrested twice.
- After graduation in 1905, he worked as a teacher in the Lomza Governorate and in Papile.
- In 1908 Krupavicius began his theological studies at the Sejny Priest Seminary and continued them at the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy.
- He was ordained into priesthood in June 1914.
- After graduation in 1917, he worked as a chaplain at a Lithuanian school in Voronezh.
- At the same time he got involved with the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and was sentenced to death by the Bolshevik revolutionary court.
- Krupavicius escaped the arrest and returned to Lithuania in May 1918.
- He joined activities of the Council of Lithuania struggling to establish independent Lithuania.
- From the very beginning he was heavily involved with the land reform. Krupavicius was elected to all Seimas (parliament) and served as Minister of Agriculture from 1923 to 1926 in four different cabinets.
- After the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état, the Lithuanian Nationalists Union usurped the political power and Krupavicius studied sociology, economics, and law at the Lille University and University of Toulouse for two years.
- Upon return in 1930 he resumed his duties as priest and served Catholic congregations in Garliava, Veiveriai, and Kalvarija.
- During the occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany, Krupavicius together with Kazys Grinius and Jonas Pranas Aleksa sent a letter to the German authorities protesting their attempts to colonize Lithuania.
- Krupavicius was arrested and deported to Germany where he was held under house arrest in a carmelite monastery in Regensburg.
- In 1945 he was elected as chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania and served in such capacity for a decade.
- After the resignation he moved to the United States and largely retired from public life.
- Krupavicius published some 20 books on various topics in Lithuanian politics.
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