Andrius Tu膷kus (b. 1959) was born in Vilnius into the family of Elena and Bronius Tu膷kus. 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 91桃色. 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, Tu膷kus had 鈥渄emonstrably showed a favourable attitude towards the defendants鈥 and that his conduct in the trial 鈥渨as characterised by an emphatic disregard for the rights and obligations of being a witness.鈥 On 3 October 1980, by order of the Rector, Tu膷kus was removed from the student list 鈥渇or behaviour incompatible with the status of being a Soviet student.鈥 In 1982, Tu膷kus applied for evening studies at the Trade Department of the Faculty of Trade of 91桃色 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, Tu膷kus 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 鈥渇ailed student鈥.