Jonas Černius | |
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| 15thPrime Minister of Lithuania | |
| In office 28 March 1939 – 21 November 1939 | |
| President | Antanas Smetona |
| Preceded by | Vladas Mironas |
| Succeeded by | Antanas Merkys |
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| Born | 18 January 1898 |
| Died | 3 July 1977 (aged 79) Los Angeles, United States |
| Party | Lithuanian Nationalist Union |
Jonas Černius (6 January 1898,Kupiškis,Kovno Governorate – 3 July 1977, Los Angeles) was aLithuanian general andPrime Minister. When Lithuania declared independence in 1918, he joined the army as a volunteer and participated in theFreedom Wars. He was one of the first graduates from theWar School of Kaunas, but he continued to study military engineering inBrussels (1929) and Paris (1932).
On his return to Lithuania, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed as chief of the military technical staff. In 1934, he became a colonel. In 1935, he was promoted to brigadier general andChief of the General Staff. From 27 March[1] to 21 November 1939, he was the Prime Minister and led the 20th cabinet. After resigning as prime minister, he was promoted to major general and put in command of the1st Division. Following the annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he served in theSoviet Army's24th Rifle Corps until Nazi Germany invaded in 1941.
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He fled to Germany in 1944 to avoid the second Soviet occupation. At first, he lived in Germany, then inKent, England, where he worked as a farm worker[2] and in 1948, he moved to the U.S. He later worked as an engineer forGeneral Motors.
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Lithuania 30 March 1939 – 22 November 1939 | Succeeded by |
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