Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys ( Lithuanian pronunciation: [kɐzʲɪˈmʲierɐs ˈstʲæːpɒnɐs ʃauˈlʲîːs] ; 1872 – May 9, 1964) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest, theologian , and one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania .
11-562: VRK may refer to: Central Electoral Commission (Lithuania) (Lithuanian: Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija ) Military Revolutionary Committee (Russian: Военно-революционный комитет ) Population Register Centre (Finland) (Finnish: Väestörekisterikeskus ) Varkaus Airport , regional airport in Finland VRK1 , gene and enzyme VRK2 , gene and enzyme VRK Tigrarna , Swedish rugby team Very restricted knowledge Topics referred to by
22-645: A law on the election of the Constituent Seimas. The law governing the first parliamentary elections was drafted and adopted on 30 October 1919. The legal basis for the first democratic elections in modern Lithuania was thus established. On 10 December 1919, the first institution responsible for organising and conducting the elections to the Constituent Assembly was officialy established - the Central Electoral Commission. The first chairman of
33-593: A professor in these subjects at the Kaunas Theological Seminary from 1922 to 1941. He published a number of articles on religious jurisprudence, including those sections of the Provisional Constitution that dealt with religion. After the Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania in 1944, he moved to Lugano , Switzerland , where he died twenty years later. This article about a Lithuanian politician
44-543: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Central Electoral Commission (Lithuania) The Central Electoral Commission or VRK ( Lithuanian : Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija ) is an independent agency of the Government of Lithuania and a permanent commission for the organisation and conduct of elections and referendums in the Republic of Lithuania . The duties of
55-724: The restoration of Lithuania's independence , the fundamental principles of electoral organisation and conduct were reinstituted, albeit with notable modifications compared to the interwar era. Article 701 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania, titled "On Amendments and Additions to the Temporary Basic Law of the Republic of Lithuania and on the Change of the Name of the Supreme State Authority of
66-683: The Chief Electoral Commission encompass the organisation and conduct of elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania , the President of the Republic of Lithuania , municipal councils, elections to the European Parliament and referendums. To guarantee that elections and referendums are conducted in accordance with the principles of democratic elections enshrined in the Constitution of
77-690: The Commission was Petras Leonas (1922-1933), a well-known lawyer, Minister of Justice in the 1st and 2nd Cabinets, later Minister of the Interior in the 4th Cabinet, and the following were appointed as members of the Commission: Judge Vladas Mačys , a priest and a signatory of the Act of February 16th , Kazimieras Šaulys , a Jewish minority representative, lawyer Leyb Gorfinkel , and a Polish minority representative, lawyer Aloyzas Bžozovskis. Following
88-471: The Republic of Lithuania and the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, and to ensure the consistent application of the laws on elections and referendums throughout the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. By the end of 1919, Lithuania's domestic and foreign situation had stabilised. The foundations for the elections to the Constituent Seimas were laid. On 16 June 1919, a commission was set up to draft
99-483: The Republic of Lithuania", specifies that elections must be conducted by the electoral commission, which is to be composed of representatives from political parties and public political associations. In the same year, the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas , by Resolution, established the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania for a second time. Kazimieras %C5%A0aulys He graduated from
110-896: The Theological Seminary in Kaunas in 1895 and went on to receive a master's degree from the Roman Catholic Theological Seminary in St. Petersburg in 1899. Šaulys was then appointed curate at Saint Peter and Saint Paul parish in Panevėžys . He was involved in a number of political, charitable, and educational institutions; in 1917 he participated in the Vilnius Conference , and signed the Act of Independence of Lithuania in 1918. Šaulys specialized in canon law and moral theology, serving as
121-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title VRK . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VRK&oldid=1259692375 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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