Biography
Brazauskas was born in Rokiškis, Lithuania. He finished Kaisiadoriai High School in 1952 and graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute in 1956 with a degree in civil engineering. In 1967 Brazauskas started working in the Governmental Planning Committee, as a Committee's head's assistant. In 1974, Brazauskas received Ph.D. in Economics.
He divorced his first wife, Julia, with whom he had two daughters; he later married Kristina Butrimienė.
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