The Memorial Stone, Dedicated to Alfonsas Žalys

Coordinates: 55.724316 21.124094

Object address: Klaipėda University campus, Klaipėda, Lithuania

Municipality: Klaipėda

In 2009, a memorial stone was unveiled in the Klaipėda University campus. The memorial stone is dedicated to Alfonsas Žalys, who was one of the signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania and who was granted honorary citizenship by the city of Klaipėda and an honorary doctorate by the Klaipėda University. A. Žalys was born on October 5th, 1929 in the village of Raizgiai, Šiauliai district. He studied in Šiauliai, Telšiai, Lyduvėnai, Šiluva, and Radviliškis. From 1950 until 1953, Žalys served in the Soviet Military. Between 1953 and 1957, he worked in the editorial office of the Tytuvėnai district newspaper as well as in the Committee of the Communist Youth. Later he worked in the Vilnius High Party School, after which he moved to Klaipėda and joined the City Committee of the Lithuanian Communist Party.
Alfonsas Žalys was chosen to be the Chairmen of the Klaipėda City Council Executive Committee. During his work, he was able to graduate from the Faculty of Economics of Vilnius University. Between 1990 and 1992, Žalys was the deputy of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas and the Vice Chairman of the Commission of Municipality Affairs. From 1993 until 1999, he was the Head Specialist of the Klaipėda City Municipality, a Member of the City Council, the Chairman of the M. Mažvydas Monument Organizational Committee, and the Consultant of the Lithuania Minor History Museum. Klaipėda bid A. Žalys farewell on December 12th, 2006.

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