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“Kazimieras Motieka was a dedicated lawyer, an active figure in Atgimimo and Sąjūdis. The history of our country is memorable in 1989. At the congress of deputies of the Soviet Union, he delivered a speech in which, for the first time during the 50 years of Soviet occupation, he officially demanded the return of the independence of the Lithuanian state. Due to the death of the signatory, I sincerely sympathize with the family, colleagues and comrades, ”said Seimas spokeswoman Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen in her condolences.
K. Motieka was born in 1929 in Kaunas. He studied at the universities of Vilnius and Leningrad, began his work at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in 1954, was an investigator in the Extremely Important Cases Division, Head of the Investigation Division, and has been practicing law since 1961.
K. Motieka was an active activist of the Renaissance and Sąjūdis, in 1988 he founded the first movement group to support Lithuanian lawyers in Lithuania and was elected a member of the Sąjūdis Council.
From 1989 to 1990, in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was a member of the State Commission, which politically evaluated the 1939 non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany.
In 1989, K. Motieka delivered a speech in the Kremlin Hall during the Second Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR and for the first time during the 50 years of Soviet occupation he formally demanded the return of the independence of the Lithuanian state.
In 1990-1992, he was a member of the Supreme-Restorative Council Seimas, vice president, participated in the Sąjūdis club group that prepared the documents for the restoration of the independent state. He coordinated the activities of the Legal System Commission, he belonged to the editorial group for the preparation of reforms to the Provisional Basic Law.
In 1993, K. Motieka established a private law firm under his own name, and since 2003 he has been a senior partner in the law firm Motieka ir Audzevičius.
He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Commander of the Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas (2000), the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Lithuania (2008), the Lithuanian Independence Medal (2000) and a commemorative insignia. by personal contribution. on the occasion of the invitation to NATO, development of Lithuanian transatlantic relations (2002).
Announce information about goodbyes and funerals
The urn with the remains of the deceased will be fed at the Vilnius Funeral Home (Olandų 22 street).
Visit on September 2. 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., September 3. – from 8 pm
The ballot box is removed at 10.45 am. S t. Mass of St. Peter and St. The Church of St. Paul will be held starting at 11:15 am
The deceased will be buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery, Vilnius.
The country’s leaders express their condolences on the passing of signatory K. Motieka
The country’s leaders on Tuesday expressed their condolences for the death of Kazimieras Motieka, a lawyer who signed the March 11 Act.
“Lithuania has lost a prominent creator of an independent state,” President Gitanas Nausėda said sympathetically.
According to him, K. Motieka will always be remembered as a man who dared to demand the return of sovereignty to Lithuania in the Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR in 1989.
K. Motieka was also one of the authors of the Constitution.
“He was a man who cared about the state, not about personal honor. K. Motieka was an extraordinary personality, who fascinated those around him with his culture, erudition and tolerance ”, the president of the country wrote with sympathy.
Seimas President Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė also highlighted K. Motieka’s contribution to statehood.
“Kazimieras Motieka was a dedicated lawyer, an active figure in Atgimimo and Sąjūdis. The history of our country is commemorated with the speech he delivered in the 1989 Congress of Deputies of the Soviet Union, which for the first time during the 50 years of Soviet occupation officially demanded the return of the independence of the Lithuanian state ”, said the head of parliament.
“We have lost an honest person dedicated to our country, who laid the foundations of the Lithuanian state. K. Motieka’s merits in strengthening statehood have been repeatedly awarded the highest awards. In this hour of loss, I express my deepest condolences to the relatives, friends, colleagues, students, colleagues and all those who knew him of the deceased, ”the Prime Minister’s condolences read.
The Lithuanian Bar Association and the judiciary also express their condolences to his family and former colleagues.
