Kipro Bielinio politinė ir visuomeninė veikla tarpukariu

Abstract

An active and playing an important role in Seimas K.Bielinis also worked for the short 3rd Seimas, in which he was elected chairman of one of the ruling Social Democratic Party faction. While in this position, he again was the main representative of his faction when considering a range of issues. During the Seimas period Bielinis was not only engaged into active political and parliamentary activities, but also into active political, party and organizational activities outside the Seimas. At that time he was a member of the Central Commitee of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, and in the 11 th and 12th congresses of the Social Democratic Party he was elected Chairman of the Central Committee. Kipras Bielinis became one of the two main leaders of the Social Democratic Party (along with Steponas Kairys). During the years of the authoritarian regime when political activities became severely constrained and restricted Bielinis not only worked for the Board of Health Insurance Fund and the Chamber of Agriculture, but also initiated the founding of some cooperatives, belonged to several boards of cooperative societies, focused on the research of the social democratic movement history in Lithuania, wrote memoirs, played an active role in social, cultural and intellectual activities.