Lithuanian Ministry for Jewish Affairs
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The Ministry for Jewish Affairs was an interwar Lithuanian government portfolio.
This ministry was established as a result of bargaining between the Jewish community leaders and the Lithuanian government to gain the support of the latter in the peace conference negotiations over the boundaries of the new Lithuania
n State. For the same reason, there was a Ministry for Belarusian affairs
. The portfolio was abolished on March 19, 1924.
List of incumbents
This ministry was established as a result of bargaining between the Jewish community leaders and the Lithuanian government to gain the support of the latter in the peace conference negotiations over the boundaries of the new Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n State. For the same reason, there was a Ministry for Belarusian affairs
Lithuanian Ministry for Belarusian Affairs
The Ministry for Belarusian Affairs was an interwar Lithuanian government portfolio.This ministry was established as a result of bargaining between the Belarusian and Jewish community leaders and the Lithuanian government to gain the support of the latter in the peace conferences negotiations over...
. The portfolio was abolished on March 19, 1924.
List of incumbents
- Jakub WygodzkiJakub WygodzkiJakub Wygodzki was a Polish-Lithuanian Jewish politician, activist and a medical doctor.Wygodzki finished a military medical academy in Imperial Russia, and became an important Zionist acitivist in the Jewish community in late 19th century Vilna...
from November 11, 1918 to April 12, 1919 - Max Soloveitchik from April 12, 1919 to April 1922 (resignation)
- Julius BrutzkusJulius BrutzkusJulius Davidovich Brutzkus or Judah Loeb Brutzkus was a Lithuanian Jewish historian, scholar, and politician.He was born in 1870 in Palanga, in the Russian Empire, which earlier had been part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. His brother was the economist Boris Brutzkus. Julius studied in Moscow at...
from April 1922 to February 22, 1923 - Bernard Naftal Friedman from February 22, 1923 to June 29, 1923
- Simon Yakovlevich RosenbaumSimon Yakovlevich RosenbaumSimon Yakovlevich Rosenbaum , was a Jewish activist and attorney, member of the First State Duma of the Russian Empire in 1906–1907, Lithuanian Minister for Jewish Affairs from June 29, 1923 to his resignation on February 12, 1924 and Lithuanian consul in Palestine.-Sources:...
from June 29, 1923 till his resignation on February 12, 1924