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Stanisław Narutowicz
Born September 2, 1862, in Brėvikiai, Telšiai County, Lithuania (then Russian Empire)Died December 31, 1932, in Kaunas, Lithuania
Lithuanian: Stanislovas Narutavičius
He was a Lithuanian lawyer and politician, one of the twenty signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania and brother of the first president of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz. He was also the only Lithuanian-Polish member of the Taryba, the provisional Lithuanian parliament formed in the late stages of World War I.
He originated from an old Lithuanian noble family, with roots back to the 14th century. Narutowicz married Joanna née Billewicz, who owned the Brevikai manor and was a cousin to Józef Piłsudski. After 1907 the couple created and maintained a gymnasium for girls in Telšiai. It was the first school for girls in Russian-held Lithuania where teaching in Polish and Lithuanian was allowed. In the period preceding the World War I Narutowicz was also a journalist in various Polish language newspapers. He also was the publisher of the first issues of Tygodnik Powszechny weekly.
Narutowicz committed suicide on December 31, 1932, in Kaunas. His biography published by the National Museum of Lithuania attributes his suicide to depression, family troubles, and economic hardship
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