Jānis Balodis
Jānis Balodis | |
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Jānis Balodis | |
| Born | 20 February 1881 Trikāta Parish, Kreis Walk, Governorate of Livonia |
| Died | 8 August 1965 (aged 84) Saulkrasti, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire (1898–1917) Latvia (1918–1921) |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army Latvian Army |
| Years of service | 1898–1921 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | Russo-Japanese War First World War Latvian War of Independence |
| Awards | Order of Lāčplēsis |
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Jānis Balodis (20 February 1881 – 8 August 1965) was an army general, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Latvia (1919–1921), Minister of War (1931–1940), and a politician who was one of the principal figures during the Latvian War of Independence and the dictatorship of Kārlis Ulmanis, when he was officially the number two of the regime as the Minister of War, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President.