Nachmanas Rachmilevičius

Nachmanas Rachmilevičius or Nachman Rachmilewitz (25 May 1876 – 27 January 1942)[1] was a Jewish politician in interwar Lithuania.

After receiving doctorate in philosophy at the Heidelberg University, Rachmilevičius settled in Vilnius where he joined Jewish political life.

In 1930s, he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine where he became general consul of Lithuania in Tel Aviv until his death in 1942.

In 1916, he was a member of a nine-member committee that assisted German Ober Ost officials with conducting a population census in Vilnius.

[2] At the end of 1918, Rachmilevičius organized a conference during which Jewish activists declared support for Lithuania's independence.

[8] As a result of this conflict, Rachmilevičius was removed from the United Minorities list in the May 1923 elections to the Second Seimas.

[5] In 1920, Rachmilevičius co-founded the Central Cooperative Lithuanian Jewish Bank [he] and became its long-term board member.

On 10 January 1935, he was accredited by King George V as the general consul of Lithuania in Tel Aviv.

[3] For merits to Lithuania, Rachmilevičius was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas in 1933.