Steponas Kairys

Steponas Kairys
Deputy Speaker of the Seimas
In office
2 June 1926  17 December 1926
Minister of Supply and Food
In office
12 April 1919  7 October 1919
Prime MinisterMykolas Sleževičius
Personal details
Born(1879-01-03)3 January 1879
Užnevėžiai near Ukmergė, Russian Empire
Died16 December 1964(1964-12-16) (aged 85)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Resting placePetrašiūnai Cemetery
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Lithuania (1900–1935)
Spouses
(m. 1912; died 1916)
    Ona Leonaitė
    (m. 1923; died 1958)
    Alma materTechnology Institute of Petersburg

    Steponas Kairys (pronunciation; January 3 [O.S. 20 December 1878] 1879 in Užnevėžiai near Ukmergė – 16 December 1964 in Brooklyn) was a Lithuanian engineer, nationalist, and social democrat. He was among the 20 men to sign the Act of Independence of Lithuania on 16 February 1918.