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Jurgis Razma

Polish physicist and politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 20, 2024
Entity authorityQ1713862 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jurgis Razma (born 14 March 1958) is a physicist, First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Member of the Seimas since 1996.

Biography

In 1965 he started attending primary school in Plungė district. In 1976, graduated from Plungė 4th Secondary School. In 1981 graduated from Vilnius State University Faculty of Physics and majored in physics.

From 1981 to 1991 he was a senior engineer at the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University.

Political life

When Sąjūdis was formed in 1988, he became involved in its activities. From 1991 to 1992, he was an advisor to the Prime Minister of Lithuania. Between 1992 and 1993 worked as Assistant to Member of the Seimas Tautvydas Lideikis. Also he was an Executive Secretary of the Sąjūdis since 1993 until 1995.

He was Member of the Vilnius City Municipality Council and Board from 1995 to 1996.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jurgis Razma” as polish physicist and politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1958, 1996, 1965, 1976—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1958-03-14. The account is most persuasive where Jurgis, Razma and Polish can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as polish physicist and politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 20, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q1713862. VIAF identifies the subject as 8942154260409024480006. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1958, 1996, 1965 and 1976.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jurgis Razma” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.