Donatas Malinauskas

Donatas Malinauskas (pronunciationⓘ; 1877 in Krāslava, Latvia – November 30, 1942 in Altai Krai, Russia[1]) was a Lithuanian politician and diplomat, and one of twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania.

Later he moved to study at the Agricultural Academy in Tabor, Bohemia, where he supported Czech nationalist movements among the student body.

His work at this Committee led to his election to the Council of Lithuania and the signing of the Act of Independence in 1918.

He conducted a search for the remains of Vytautas the Great, going so far as to have a silver coffin constructed in Czechoslovakia to contain these, if and when they were found.

The search focused on Vilnius Cathedral, which most historic sources pointed to as the most probable location.