Valerija Narvydaitė

Valerija Narvydaitė (5 November 1896 – 5 December 1970) was a Lithuanian communist activist. She was a member of the underground Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) during the 1920s and 1930s, and spent over 14 years in jails and detention centres. She served as Deputy Minister (Deputy People's Commissar) for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940–1941 and 1944–1946.

Early life and entry into the underground Narvydaitė was born into a peasant family on 5 November 1896 in . In the underground work, she used code-names such as 'Darbininkė' ('Worker') and 'Lakštingala' ('Nightingale').

Prisoner Narvydaitė was arrested in March 1922 and imprisoned for four years. All in all, she spent over 14 years in jails and detention centres.

World War II and establishment of the Lithuanian SSR Narvydaitė was a member of the Supreme Electoral Commission for the 1940 People's Seimas election. She served as Deputy People's Commissar for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940–1941.