Faina Kukliansky (born September 9, 1954) is a Lithuanian lawyer and a chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvaks) community. [1] [2]
Faina Kukliansky comes from a family of Holocaust survivors that lived in Veisiejai, Lithuania. [3]
In 1977 she graduated from Vilnius University, and from 1977 to 1991 she worked as criminalist and prosecutor in law enforcement agencies of the Lithuanian SSR. [2] [4] Currently she works as an attorney and is registered as a lobbyist. [3]
As of 2024 [update] , she is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Jewish Congress. In 2013 she was elected as a Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community; [3] she was re-elected in 2017 [5] and in 2021. [6]
She speaks Yiddish, Hebrew, English, Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian. [4]
Her grandmother Zisl was killed, as well as the whole of her mother's family were killed, but her father (Samuel Kukliansky , a lawyer [7] [a] ) and mother survived. [3] Both her father and mother Klara are deceased and buried in Israel. [9]
Her son Rafael is a sound engineer and DJ, and currently resides in Australia. Her daughter Ruth is a clinical psychologist, and resides and works in Vilnius, Lithuania. [9]