Antanas Merkys

Antanas Merkys (born 1887, Bajorai, near Skapiskis, Lithuania, Russian Empire—died 1955, U.S.S.R.) was a Lithuanian politician who was the last prime minister of Lithuania before its 1940 incorporation into the Soviet Union. Educated in the law, Merkys served in the Russian Army during World War I (1914–18). In 1919 he entered the army of the newly independent Lithuania. A member of the right-wing Nationalist League, he served as Lithuanian defense minister on four occasions in...