On Wednesday, at the Jerusalem Funeral Services Center (Kalvarijų St. 329), it will be possible to say goodbye to G. Rainys from 9:00 AM, the mass will take place the same evening at the Church of the Holy Cross Discovery (Vilnius Kalvarijos), relatives announced on Facebook.
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The urn will be taken out on July 23 (Thursday) at 11 AM – G. Rainys will be buried at Žikaronių Cemetery.
Relatives ask to honor the deceased with a single flower petal.
G. Rainys was an economist, doctor of social sciences, who for a time served as deputy minister of economy, and was also one of the leaders of various business organizations.
“He created the economic development model of our state”
Representatives of the business community who knew him say that Lithuania lost not only a top-level economist but also a person capable of uniting different opinions, calmly seeking compromises, and earning his authority not by loud statements but by deeds.
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“He represented the generation of civil servants who essentially created the economic development model of our state. I can confidently call him an old-school statesman – a person who spoke less but worked more,” said Andrius Romanovskis, president of the Lithuanian Business Confederation, to 15min.
The president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, Vidmantas Janulevičius, added that G. Rainys was one of the most important figures in the organization for many years.
“We all remember him as a responsible person devoted to industry. Before that, he worked at the Ministry of Economy, was very concrete, responsible, and always looked out for the interests of Lithuanian industry,” V. Janulevičius told the portal.
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