Juozas Stanaitis

Juozas Stanaitis (13 August 1865 – 12 July 1925) was a Lithuanian general who served in the Imperial Russian Army and later in the Lithuanian Army. He was the acting supreme commander of the Lithuanian Army from 11 February 1922 to 5 June 1923.

Stanaitis joined the Russian Imperial Army and served in the for about 30 years. He graduated from the and the and rose to the rank of colonel. He fought in World War I and was injured six times. He left the Russian army after the October Revolution and returned to Lithuania in early 1921. He was mobilized in the Lithuanian Army. He was appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Division in May 1921 and supreme commander of the army in February 1922. He was promoted to lieutenant general in August 1922. However, failing health forced him to resign and retire from the military in December 1923.

Biography Russian Empire Stanaitis was born on 13 August 1865 in the village of in Congress Poland (present-day Šakiai District Municipality in Lithuania). He studied at Marijampolė Gymnasium and passed entrance exams to the in Puławy