Mārtiņš Antons Explained

Mārtiņš Antons (7 January 1888, in Kocēni parish – 1941) was a Latvian lawyer and politician.^{[1] [2]}

Antons graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1912, then worked as a lawyer in Riga.During the First World War he was a Baltic Refugees Committee member, and then on the Latvian Riflemen Organizing Committee.

In 1920, Antons was elected to both the Constitutional Assembly, and the Presidium as a Labor Party politician. However, he was later deported to Russia, and was killed in 1941 during World War II.

Notes and References

1. Lazdiņš . Jānis . 2017-10-10 . Clashes of Opinion at the Time of Drafting the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia . Journal of the University of Latvia. Law . en . 10 . 93–103 . 10.22364/jull.10.07 . 2592-9364. free .
2. Book: Akadēmiskā Dzīve . 2008 . Akadēmiskā Dzīve . lv.