Juozas Karvelis
{{Short description|Lithuanian politician}}
Juozas Karvelis (18 April 1934{{cite book |title=Lietuvos laisvės sąjūdis |date=1998 |publisher=Lietuvos Nacionalinis muziejus, Lietuvos Respublikos kultūros ministerija, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo spaudos tarnyba |isbn=978-9986-9202-1-2 |page=233 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lietuvos_laisv%C4%97s_s%C4%85j%C5%ABdis/qXO0AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Juozas+Karvelis+Klaip%C4%97da+%22%E2%80%9E1934+m.+baland%C5%BEio+18+d.%22&dq=Juozas+Karvelis+Klaip%C4%97da+%22%E2%80%9E1934+m.+baland%C5%BEio+18+d.%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=lt}} – 12 April 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/mire-signataras-juozas-karvelis.d?id=77688251 |title=Mirė signataras Juozas Karvelis |publisher=delfi.lt |language=lt |date=April 12, 2018 |access-date=April 13, 2018}}) was a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Biography
After attending school in Inkakliai from 1942 to 1944 and then in Švėkšna, near Šilutė, in 1949–50,{{cite book |title=Who is who in Lithuania |date=2002 |publisher=Kas yra kas Lietuvoje, UAB Neolitas |isbn=978-9986-709-38-1 |page=210 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Who_is_who_in_Lithuania/gqJmAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Juozas+Karvelis+Inkakliai+%221942%22&dq=Juozas+Karvelis+Inkakliai+%221942%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=en}} he studied at the Lithuanian Maritime Academy in Klaipėda from 1950 to 1952.{{cite web |title=Juozas KARVELIS (1934 04 18 – 2018 04 12) - Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Akto signatarų biografijos |url=https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=37045&p_k=1&p_t=83450 |website=www.lrs.lt |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=lt}} He continued his studies at the Naval College of Murmansk, where he graduated in 1954.{{cite web |title=Juozas Karvelis |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/juozas-karvelis/ |website=www.vle.lt |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=lt}} Karvelis studied at the University of Vilnius in 1960–63. He worked in Murmansk in 1954–58, and then in Klaipėda since 1959. He was Second Assistant to the Head of the Lithuanian Maritime Transport and Captain. He worked as a maritime captain at the trade port in Klaipėda in 1986–90.
A member of Sąjūdis, Karvelis became a member of the Fifth Seimas in 1990, being also a member of the Economic Committee. He did not seek re-election after 1992.
Family
Karvelis was married to Janina (b. 1934) and had three children.{{cite web |title=Signataras Juozas KARVELIS |url=https://www.lrs.lt/datos/kovo11/signatarai/www_lrs.signataras-p_asm_id=156.htm |website=www.lrs.lt |access-date=20 December 2024}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Signatories of the Act of March 11}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karvelis, Juozas}}
Category:Lithuanian politicians
Category:People from Tauragė District Municipality
Category:Place of birth missing
{{Lithuania-politician-stub}}