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Shuer Shmuel Moiseevich (1923)

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SurnameShuer
NameShmuel
PatronymMoiseevich
Birth year1923
Birth month4
Birth day15
Birth placeViļāni
SexM

Shuer Shmuel (Aleksandr) Moiseevich (15.04.1923, Viļāni) – attorney. In 1935 he completed Viļāni Basic School. In 1940 he completed Riga 1st Gymnasium. In 1940 he enrolled at the physics and mathematics faculty of the Rēzekne Teachers' Institute. In 1941 he was forced to interrupt his studies. He took part in the Great Patriotic War. He was awarded orders and medals, including the Order of the Red Star and the Order of Glory, 3rd class. In 1953 he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Law Institute. In 1948—53 he worked in the prosecutor's office of Valmiera District. In 1953—62 – legal counsel. Member of the Bar Association of the Latvian SSR in 1962—91. From 1966 – attorney at the Ogre legal consultation office. In 1966 he completed advanced training courses for attorneys and people's judges at the Latvian SSR institute for advanced training. Lecturer for the “Znanie” (Knowledge) society, agitator and propagandist for the Ogre district committee of the Latvian Communist Party, member of the people's oversight group for the people's court, prosecutor's office, and legal consultation office of Ogre District. He was commended by the Presidium of the Bar Association of the Latvian SSR. He was awarded the jubilee medal “For Valiant Labor in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin.” Member of the CPSU from 1944. Married to Shuer Larisa.

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Shuer Larisa (…) – wife