Juozas Karvelis (18 April 1934 – 12 April 2018) was a
Lithuania
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n politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the
Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March () was an Declaration of independence, independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on 11 March 1990, signed by all members of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Se ...
.
Biography
After attending school in
Inkakliai from 1942 to 1944 and then in
Švėkšna, near
Šilutė, in 1949–50, he studied at the Lithuanian Maritime Academy in
KlaipÄ—da
KlaipÄ—da ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi ...
from 1950 to 1952. He continued his studies at the Naval College of
Murmansk, where he graduated in 1954. Karvelis studied at the
University of Vilnius in 1960–63. He worked in Murmansk in 1954–58, and then in
KlaipÄ—da
KlaipÄ—da ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi ...
since 1959. He was Second Assistant to the Head of the Lithuanian Maritime Transport and
Captain. He worked as a
maritime captain at the trade port in Klaipėda in 1986–90.
A member of
Sąjūdis, Karvelis became a member of the
Fifth Seimas in 1990, being also a member of the Economic Committee. He did not seek re-election after 1992.
Family
Karvelis was married to Janina (b. 1934) and had three children.
References
1934 births
2018 deaths
Lithuanian politicians
People from TauragÄ— District Municipality
Place of birth missing
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