Jurgis Strėkys

Jurgis Strėkys or Strekies (27 April 1861 – November 1938) was a Prussian Lithuanian activist.

Strėkys made a living as a farmer, but he was active in the political and cultural life of Prussian Lithuanians. He was the long-term chairman of the Šilutė District Election Society, one of the Lithuanian Conservative Election Societies, and organized collection of signatures under petitions to protect the Lithuanian language in schools in 1891, 1895, and 1900. After World War I, he supported Lithuanian efforts to unite Lithuania Minor with Lithuania Proper. As a member of the National Council of Lithuania Minor, he was coopted by the Council of Lithuania in March 1920. Strėkys was vice-chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Salvation of Lithuania Minor organized to facilitate the Klaipėda Revolt in January 1923.

Strėkys was a member of various Prussian Lithuanian organizations, including Birutė Society and Sandora Society. He assisted in organizing the Lithuanian exhibition at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Later in life, he was a preacher of the (Community Movement).

Biography Strėkys was born on 27 April 1861 in , East Prussia (present-day Šilutė District Municipality in Lithuania).