Petras Griškevičius

Petras Griškevičius
Griškevičius in 1985
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania
In office
18 February 1974  14 November 1987
Preceded byAntanas Sniečkus
Succeeded byRingaudas Songaila
Personal details
Born(1924-07-19)19 July 1924
Kriaunos, Rokiškis District, Lithuania
Died14 November 1987(1987-11-14) (aged 63)
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1945–1987)
EducationHigher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU
Occupation

Petras Petrovičius Griškevičius (Russian: Пя́трас Пя́трович Гришкя́вичюс; 19 July 1924 – 14 November 1987) was a Lithuanian communist politician and Nomenklatura in the Lithuanian SSR. He was the First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party (de facto leader of Lithuanian SSR) from 1974 to his death 4 November 1987.