Jonas Staugaitis

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He was a medical doctor, having studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1919, he was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) as a member of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. On 2 June 1926, he was elected the speaker of Seimas.[2]

He is buried in the Petrašiūnai cemetery in Kaunas.

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