Andrius Domaševičius

Andrius Domaševičius (30 November 1865 – 19 March 1935) was a Lithuanian politician and gynecologist. He was one of the founders and an active member of the Social Democrat movement in Lithuania.

Early life and studies Andrius Domaševičius was born on 30 November 1865 in Panevėžys, Russian Empire. His family was descendants of polonized szlachta. Domaševičius attended school in Šiauliai from 1876 until 1884. where he studied medicine.

Political activity After returning to Lithuania, Domaševičius was invited by Alfonsas Moravskis, whom he knew since his days in Panevėžys, to participate in political and social activities. Domaševičius acquired the pseudonym Teodoras and read various lectures in secret meetings, as well as organized educational, economic and political workers' unions. Domaševičius participated in the activities of the Twelve Apostles of Vilnius.

In the same year, he traveled abroad to print social democratic literature and the Panevėžys branch of the General Workers' Union in 1925. After the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état which brought the authoritarian regime of Antanas Smetona to power, Domaševičius was arrested for his support of the illegal Lithuanian Communist Party. He was attacked and heavily injured in the same year. In 1928, the military court acquitted him, but in 1933 Domaševičius was exiled to Smilgiai for half a year. In 1934, he returned to Panevėžys, where he founded the societies for the fight against rheumatism as well as for the fight against women's diseases in general.

Andrius Domaševičius died in Panevėžys on 19 March 1935.