Background
LATSIS, Vilis was born on May 12, 1904 in village Rinuzhi, near Riga. Son of a dock worker
LATSIS, Vilis was born on May 12, 1904 in village Rinuzhi, near Riga. Son of a dock worker
1917 evacuated to Barnaul in the Altay. 1921 secretary, village sov in the Altay. Returned to Latin; from fall 1921 laborer, then stoker on ocean-going merchant ships.
1925-1926 in Latin Army. 1928-1933 underground Party work. Board member, Dock Workers’ Union.
1933-1935 librarian at an urban public library. 1935-1938 engaged in lit work. 1938-1940 underground Party work in Riga.
1940 Minister of Internal Affairs in the new Soviet Latin government. 1941-1944 helped direct partisan movement in Latin 1940-1959 chairman, Latin Council of People's Commissar, then Council of Minister
1952-1961 candidate member, Central Committee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 1954 member, Soviet deleg at “European peace and security” conference in Moscow. 1955 member, Soviet deleg at East-Bloc conference in Warsaw and at World Peace Assembly in Helsinki.
1956 led Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet deleg to Belgium. 1956 member, Soviet deleg in Finland. Deputy, Latin Supreme Soviet of 1947, 1951, 1955, 1959, and 1963 convocations.
Deputy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet of 1946, 1950, 1954 and 1958 convocations. Deputy chairman, Soviet of Nationalities, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet of 1950 convocations. Chairman, Soviet of Nationalities, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet of 1954 convocation, 1921 first work published.
Board member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Latin Writer’s Unions. Member, Central Committee, Communist Party Latin from 1940. Communist Party member from 1928.