Augusts Vilis Abakuks

Augusts Vilis Abakuks

Augusts Vilis Abakuks (1914–1994) was a Latvian government official and émigré activist.

During World War II he served as deputy head of the local government for Abrene district in German-occupied Latvia.

After the War, he came to England, and from 1950 to 1985 served as chairman of the Latvian National Council in Great Britain. He died in 1994.


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