Jonas Šimkus

Jonas Šimkus
Born(1873-04-25)25 April 1873
Sūrupis, Russian Empire
Died4 June 1944(1944-06-04) (aged 71)
Maironiškiai, Lithuania
Resting placePetrašiūnai Cemetery
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1900); University of Geneva (1906)
OccupationsStatesman; professor; chemist

Jonas Šimkus (25 April 1873 – 4 June 1944) was a Lithuanian chemist, academic, and statesman. He served as the Minister of Trade and Industry (1918–1919) and Minister of National Defence (1921–1922), and was the first rector of the University of Lithuania (1922–1923). He ltaught at the university, heading the Department of Chemical Technology until 1940. He served as Lithuania’s honorary consul of Norway (1926–1940).

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