Turauskas, Edvardas, 1896-1966

Lithuanian diplomat and journalist; ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania, 1934-1939; political director, ministry of foreign affairs, 1939-1940.

From the description of Edvardas Turauskas papers, 1934-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870124

Biographical Note

• 1896, October 30: born, Adriejavas, Lithuania
• 1918: elected member of the First Committee of Catholic Action
• 1919: entered the service of the Press Office of the Prime Minister
• 1919: member of the Lithuanian Diplomatic Mission to Berne
• 1921: Secretary of the Lithuanian Legation in Berne
• 1922 - 23 : Chargé d'Affaires of the Lithuanian Legation in Berne
• 1926: LL. D., University of Paris (grant from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• 1926: elected member to the Lithuanian Judicial Commission and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1926 - 28 : Editor-in-chief of the Catholic Lithuanian magazine Rytas
• 1926 - 1934 : President of the Lithuanian-French Society in Kaunas
• 1928: author, Chretienneté et Nationalité
• 1928 - 1934 : Director of the section specializing in foreign affairs of the Lithuanian Telegraph Agency Elta
• 1929: author, Les Fondements du Droit
• 1932: author, Buts et Structure de la S. D. N.
• 1933: author, Agences Telegraphiques et Bureaux de Presse
• 1934 - 39 : Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of Lithuania to Prague, Belgrade, and Bucharest
• 1935: author, Souveraineté de l'Eglise et de l'Etat
• 1939 - 1940 : Political Director of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1940: Founding member of the Catholic Lithuanian daily magazine Zydinis
• 1940 - 46 : Permanent Lithuanian Delegate to the League of Nations
• 1945: author, Le Sort des Pays Baltes
• 1945 - 46 : Plenipotentiary for Switzerland of the Lithuanian Relief Fund of America

From the guide to the Eduardas Turauskas Papers, 1934-1963, (Hoover Institution Archives)