Arvydas Bajoras (born 15 May 1956 in

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) is a Lithuanian politician and former member of the

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Biography

Bajoras was born in

, Varėna district,

on 15 May 1956. He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture in 1980. Since 1988 he worked as the head of Šunskai collective farm. Bajoras was an active member of the Communist Party of Lithuania in

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. After independence, he joined the ranks of the

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and, in the elections in 1992, he was elected as the member of the Sixth Seimas in the single-seat constituency of

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(63).

References

1956 births Living people Members of the Seimas Communist Party of Lithuania politicians Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania politicians People from Varėna District Municipality {{Lithuania-politician-stub