Silvestras Leonas

(1894-1959)

Lithuanian military officer

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Silvestras Leonas (1894–1959) was a Lithuanian military officer. After serving in the Russian Imperial Army during World War I, Leonas joined the Lithuanian Army and fought in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence. He completed law studies at the University of Lithuania and worked as a judge. In 1934–1935, he presided over the Military Tribunal trial of Neumann–Sass that involved 122 defendants accused of anti-Lithuanian activities. From March 1938 to March 1939, he was Minister of Internal Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Vladas Mironas. In 1944, Leonas was arrested by the NKVD and imprisoned in a Gulag camp. He returned to Lithuania in 1956.

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Born	15 January 1894 Leskava [lt], Suwałki Governorate, Congress Poland
Died	17 November 1959 (aged 65) Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR
Zodiac	Capricorn
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