Naphtali Friedman

Naphtali Friedman (sometimes also spelled Naftali), from Panevėžys, was a Jewish Lithuanian lawyer and politician born in 1863, deceased in 1921.

Elected as a Russian Constitutional Democratic party deputy representing the Kovno Province to the Third (1907-1912, out of 2 Jewish deputies) and Fourth (1912-1917, out of 3 Jewish deputies) State Duma of the Russian Empire^[1]. In 1914 he made a speech in which he claimed that the Jews would fight until the victory of the Russian Empire was achieved^[1]. He was also elected on April 19, 1920 to the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania on a common Jewish ticket^[1] and died in 1921.

Source

1. ^ ^{a b c} Dov Levin, The Litvaks: a short history of the Jews in Lithuania, Berghahn Books, 2000 ISBN 1571812644, 9781571812643

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Name	Friedman, Naphtali
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Date of birth	1863
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Date of death	1921
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