Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Alis Vidunas #NotMyVidunas

Alis Vidunas was the mayor of Vilnius.  He was born 8 November 1934 in the village of Reketija, Marijampole municipality, and died 19 February 2009 in Vilnius.

He studied 1952-1958 at Kaunas Politechnical Institute, Faculty of Hydrotechnology and became a professional engineer.  From 1992 to 1995 he was the mayor of Vilnius.  After that, he was the marketing director of Greitkelis Ltd.

His wife, Grazina Viduniene is an economist.

His son, Vytis Vidunas is a Sanskrit professor and the former head of the Centre of Oriental Studies at Vilnius University.

According to Lietuvos Respublikos, Alis Vidunas was nominated by Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives).  He can speak Russian as well as Lithuanian, was a member of the Mountain Ski Federation, and was involved in sports. 


Well, I take it back.  He is my third or fourth cousin once removed.  We share the same ancestor, Stanislovas Vidunas who was born in 1762 (Volungevicius, 2013).  It seems that my theory that every Vidunas is related so far holds up to scrutiny.


Alis Vidunas
(Ignatavicius, 2014)

Resources:

Adejiene, A. (2012, April 11). Alis Vidunas. Retrieved May 31, 2018, from Geni.com: https://www.geni.com/people/Alis-Vid%C5%ABnas/6000000016203062469
Ignatavicius, R. (2014, June 18). Alis Vidunas portrait. Retrieved May 31, 2018, from Geni.com: https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000016203062469?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000026633301019&position=0
Lietuvos Respublikos. (2000). Alis Vidunas. Retrieved from Seimo rinkimai 2000: http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/n/rinkimai/20001008/kandvl.htm-153949.htm
Volungevicius, R. (2013, March 10). Stanislovas Vidunas. Retrieved May 31, 2018, from Geni.com: https://www.geni.com/people/Stanislovas-Vid%C5%ABnas/6000000019776690404?through=6000000021965655687
Wikipedia. (2013, March 9). Alis Vidunas. Retrieved May 31, 2018, from Wikipedia Lithuanian: https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alis_Vid%C5%ABnas
Wikipedia. (2018, January 17). Alis Vidunas. Retrieved May 31, 2018, from Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alis_Vid%C5%ABnas


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