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Mārtiņš Antons

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Mārtiņš Antons (7 January 1888, in Kocēni parish – 1941) was a Latvian lawyer and politician.[1][2]

Antons graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1912, then worked as a lawyer in Riga. During the First World War he was a Baltic Refugees Committee member, and then on the Latvian Riflemen Organizing Committee.

In 1920, Antons was elected to both the Constitutional Assembly, and the Presidium as a Labor Party politician.[1] However, he was later deported to Russia, and was killed in 1941 during World War II.

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  1. ^ a b Lazdiņš, Jānis (2017-10-10). "Clashes of Opinion at the Time of Drafting the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia". Journal of the University of Latvia. Law (10): 93–103. doi:10.22364/jull.10.07. ISSN 2592-9364.
  2. ^ Akadēmiskā Dzīve (in Latvian). Akadēmiskā Dzīve. 2008.