Please answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 200px - death place: moscow , soviet union - order: president then officially chairman of the lithuanian movement for freedom -rrb- of lithuania -lrb- posthumously recognized in 2009 , - successor: vytautas lithuania in 1991 -rrb- landsbergis -lrb- first head of state of independent - death date: november 26 , 1954 - predecessor: antanas annexation -rrb- merkys -lrb- last head of state before soviet - term end: november 26 , 1954 - term start: february 16 , 1949 - birth date: march 15 , 1909 - name: jonas Zemaitis - image: hpim0823.jpg - birth place: palanga , then russian empire , now lithuania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jonas Zemaitis .
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jonas Zemaitis -lrb- also known under his codename '' vytautas '' ; march 15 , 1909 in palanga -- november 26 , 1954 in moscow -rrb- was one of the leaders of armed resistance against the soviet occupation in lithuania and acknowledged as the head of state of contemporary occupied lithuania .