Antanas Būdvytis

Antanas Būdvytis (16 August 1928 – 13 January 1998) was a Soviet and Lithuanian agronomist, politician and member of the Seimas.

Būdvytis was born to a peasant family in Jonikaičiai village, Klaipėda County, Lithuania on 16 August 1928.

[1] After graduating from the Academy of Agriculture in 1951, Būdvytis briefly worked as an agronomist on a collective farm.

He held this position for 23 years, during which time he was elected a member of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences.

A prominent agronomist, Būdvytis published 150 scientific papers and many articles on popular science and social matters.