The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organization in 1896,it is the oldest extant party in Lithuania. During the time of the Soviet Union,the party went into exile,emerging once again in Lithuania in 1989.
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,or simply the Seimas,is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of government in Lithuania,enacting laws and amendments to the Constitution,passing the budget,confirming the Prime Minister and the Government and controlling their activities.
The Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats,also known colloquially simply as the Conservatives,is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 members and 50 of 141 seats in the Seimas. Its current leader is Gabrielius Landsbergis,who replaced Andrius Kubilius in 2015. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democrat Union (IDU).
Antanas Guoga,more commonly known as Tony G,is a Lithuanian-Australian businessman,poker player,politician and philanthropist. In November 2020,Antanas was elected to the 2020–2024 legislative period of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania in the Labour Party group.
Gediminas Kirkilas is a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008.
Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius was a Lithuanian economist and politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania from February to November 1996. He previously served as the Minister of Social Security and Labour from 1993 to 1994,and after being prime minister,was a member of the Seimas from 1996 to 1998,and later Minister of Health from 1998 to 1999. Formerly a member of the Communist Party of Lithuania,following independence he joined the newly formed Democratic Labour Party.
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 October 2008,with a second round on 26 October in the constituencies where no candidate won a majority in the first round of voting. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election;71 in single-seat constituencies elected by majority vote and the remaining 70 in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation. Together with the elections,a referendum on extending the operation of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was held.
The Government of Lithuania,officially the Government of the Republic of Lithuania,is the cabinet of Lithuania,exercising executive power in the country. Among other responsibilities,it executes laws and resolutions of the parliament,the Seimas,and the decrees of the President,manages state property and,together with the president,executes the foreign policy of the country. The Government also has the right of legislative initiative,puts together the state budget and presents it to the Seimas for approval.
Liberals' Movement,abbreviated to LS,is a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania.
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis is WHO Special Envoy for the European region,the former European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety,a heart surgeon,a co-signatory to the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 8 October 2000. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election,71 of them in single-seat constituencies based on first-past-the-post voting;the remaining 70,in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation. Altogether,around 700 candidates competed in the single-seat constituencies,while over 1,100 candidates were included in the electoral lists for the nationwide constituency.
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 14 October 2012,with a second round on 28 October in the constituencies where no candidate won a majority in the first round of voting. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election;71 in single-seat constituencies elected by majority vote and the remaining 70 in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation. Together with the elections,a referendum on the construction of a new nuclear power plant was held.
Valentinas Mazuronis is a Lithuanian politician and a member of the European Parliament.
Petras Auštrevičius is a Lithuanian liberal politician,diplomat,civil society activist,former member of Seimas,and since 2014,a member of the European Parliament.
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 9 and 23 October 2016 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. 71 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system,and the remaining 70 in a single nationwide constituency using proportional representation. The first round was held on 9 October and the second round on 23 October.
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė is a Lithuanian lawyer and politician,Member of the European Parliament and former long-term Minister for Social Security and Labour. Blinkevičiūtėis a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania since 2006.
Saulius Skvernelis is a Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner,and was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Though he was an independent politician,he was backed by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and was a member of its parliamentary group until 2022,as a result of which he became the first head of government in European history primarily backed by a green party.
Aušra Seibutytė-Maldeikienė is a Lithuanian political economist,politician,lecturer,teacher,publicist and book author.
AušrinėArmonaitė is a Lithuanian politician who is the current chairperson of the Freedom Party since 2019. Previously a member of the Liberal Movement and a vice chairperson from 2017 until 2018,Armonaitėwas first elected to the Seimas in the 2016 parliamentary election. In 2018,she resigned from the Liberal Movement and later joined the social liberal and progressive Freedom Party. She led the party into the 2020 parliamentary election,where the party won 11 seats and became represented in the Seimas for the first time.
Arvydas Anušauskas is a Lithuanian politician and historian. He focuses on the history of the interwar Lithuanian secret services,KGB actions in Lithuania,and Soviet repressions in Lithuania. As a member of the Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats,he was elected to the Seimas (parliament) in 2008 and reelected in 2012,2016 and 2020.
