Vytautas Astrauskas (23 March 1927 – 26 August 2004) was a Lithuanian physician, medical researcher, politician and former member of the Seimas.
Astrauskas was born to a peasant family in Maceniai,[1] Plungė district, Lithuania on 23 March 1927.
He was one of the first scientists in the Soviet Union to study the pathology of rheumatic fever, developing experimental models for studying the disorder and collaborating in developing treatments for it.
[1] He published over 250 research papers (including in immunology, biochemistry and philosophy), registered 29 inventions, published reference books and textbooks.
After the independence, he joined the ranks of the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (LDDP) and, in the elections in 1992 he was elected as the member of the Sixth Seimas in the single-seat constituency of Antakalnis (3), Vilnius.