Andrejs Veckalns (April 18, 1879 - May 18, 1942) was a Latvian politician, member of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party, member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saeima (Latvian parliament), representing Social Democrats, Chairman of the Central Office of Latvian Trade Unions.

Knight of the Order of Lāčplēsis, awarded in 1927 for battles near Daugava in 1919.

Andrejs Veckalns

After the first Soviet occupation of Latvia, in 1941 he together with his family was deported to Siberia and in 1942 he was executed in Usollag Gulag labor camp near Solikamsk.

Andrejs Veckalns

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1879 births

1942 deaths

Deputies of the 1st Saeima

Deputies of the 2nd Saeima

Deputies of the 3rd Saeima

Deputies of the 4th Saeima

Latvian people executed by the Soviet Union

People who died in the Gulag

Andrejs Veckalns