Andrius Tuckus

Andrius Tučkus (b. 1959) was born in Vilnius into the family of Elena and Bronius Tučkus. From 1966 to 1977, he attended secondary school and served in the army for two years after leaving school. In July 1980, he applied and was admitted to study psychology at the Faculty of History of Vilnius University. On 19 September that year, the university received an individual court order connected to the criminal case of Antanas Terleckas and Julius Sasnauskas informing the university that as a witness in the case, Tučkus had “demonstrably showed a favourable attitude towards the defendants” and that his conduct in the trial “was characterised by an emphatic disregard for the rights and obligations of being a witness.” On 3 October 1980, by order of the Rector, Tučkus was removed from the student list “for behaviour incompatible with the status of being a Soviet student.” In 1982, Tučkus applied for evening studies at the Trade Department of the Faculty of Trade of Vilnius University and was accepted. In July 1987, he successfully applied for a transfer from the evening group to the part-time group of year five students. In February 1988, Tučkus filed a request to postpone the session because he had to nurse his sick father. On 8 July that year, he was removed from the student lists by order of the Dean, and on 19 July, he was expelled from the university as a “failed student”.

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