Vytautas Šustauskas was a controversial Lithuanian politician who was leader of the Lithuanian Liberty Union and Union of the Fighters for Lithuania political parties. A self-styled "king of the beggars",he was elected Mayor of Kaunas in 2000 and became a member of the Seimas in the same year. He was known for protests against poverty,inequality,membership in the European Union and NATO,and pride parades.
The talonas was a temporary currency issued in Lithuania between 1991 and 1993. It replaced the Soviet ruble at par and was replaced by the litas at a rate of 100 talonai = 1 litas. The talonas was only issued as paper money.
The People and Justice Union is a right-wing populist political party in Lithuania. It is currently not represented in the Seimas. The chairman of the party is Petras Gražulis. Gražulis was impeached from the Lithuanian parliament in late 2023 and is not allowed,until 2033,to participate in any national elections.
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in December 1997 and January 1998. Artūras Paulauskas finished first in the first round on 21 December 1997 with a significant margin,with Valdas Adamkus finishing second,but neither received a majority of the vote. Adamkus defeated Paulauskas in the runoff,held on 4 January 1998. With a vote difference of 0.74%,it is the closest result in the history of presidential elections in Lithuania since 1993.
The Lithuanian People's Party is a minor pro-Russian political party in Lithuania. It describes itself as left-of-centre. It was founded in 2010 as a split from the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union,and was led by the party's former chairman and the first prime minister of independent Lithuania,Kazimira Prunskienė. It has no representatives on the European,national or municipal level.
Remigijus Žemaitaitis is a Lithuanian right-wing politician and member of the Seimas,known for his antisemitic statements. He is the founder and leader of the political party Dawn of Nemunas.
The 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election was held on 13 and 27 October 2024 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. Parliament members were elected in 71 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 13 October and the second round on 27 October.
Ignas Vėgėlė is a Lithuanian lawyer and right-wing politician who served as president of the Lithuanian Bar Association from 2014 to 2022,as well as president of the Lithuanian Lawyers' Association from 2013 to 2016. He was a member of the right-wing Christian conservative Lithuanian Christian Democrats from 1994 and served as the party's deputy chairman of the board from 2002 to 2004,and as interim chairman of the board from 2004 to 2006. Upon the party's merger with the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats,he became an independent politician.
The Union of the Fighters for Lithuania,previously known as the Union for the President of Lithuania was a minor political party in Lithuania of an eclectic far-right political orientation which was founded in 2011. It replaced the Lithuanian Liberty Union. It did not achieve any notable electoral results and was liquidated by the Central Electoral Commission in 2022 for failing to provide a list of members.
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 12 May 2024,alongside a referendum on allowing multiple citizenships. Incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda won re-election to a second term. When candidate registrations closed before the election,the Lithuanian Central Election Commission had confirmed fifteen viable registrations;of those,twelve proceeded to collect signatures from the minimum 20,000 voters. Four of those contenders were later repudiated or dropped out,leaving eight on the ballot.
Petras Gražulis is a Lithuanian politician,former Member of the Seimas and current member of the European Parliament. Gražulis is also the incumbent chairman of the right-wing People and Justice Union party. He is known for his political scandals and hardline opposition to LGBT rights.
Antanas Kandrotas,also known by the nickname Celofanas and often written as Antanas Kandrotas-Celofanas,is a Lithuanian businessman,convicted fraudster,activist and politician. He was a planned candidate in the 2024 Lithuanian presidential election and chairman of the unregistered Party "We Are Lithuania".
Giedrimas Jeglinskas is a Lithuanian politician and former NATO official who was the candidate of the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" in the 2024 Lithuanian presidential election. Previously,he served as Assistant Secretary General of NATO from 2019 to 2022 and Vice-Minister of National Defence from 2017 to 2019.
Lithuania –For Everyone,known as the Emigrant Party before 2020,is a minor political party in Lithuania which represents the interests of the Lithuanian diaspora.
The Political Party "Dawn of Nemunas",often shortened simply as Dawn of Nemunas or Nemunas Dawn,is a populist and nationalist political party in Lithuania. It was founded in November 2023 by Remigijus Žemaitaitis after his expulsion from the Freedom and Justice party due to his antisemitic statements. In June 2024,the party gained representation in the Seimas after three MPs joined;one formerly of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and two formerly of the Labour Party.
Laurynas Kasčiūnas is a Lithuanian right-wing politician,political analyst,Member of the Seimas for the Homeland Union and Minister of National Defence of Lithuania since 25 March 2024,replacing Arvydas Anušauskas.
The Labourist Party was a short-lived centre-left political party in Lithuania. It split from the Labour Party in 2008 and merged back into it in 2013. According to Viktor Uspaskich,the party existed as a fallback party during Labour's "dark accounting" financial fraud case.
The Party of Bread Eaters,also known as the Upcoming Lithuanian Branch of the World Eater Movement was an unregistered frivolous political party in Lithuania which existed in 1993. It was established by Remigijus Vilkaitis,who stood in the 1993 Lithuanian presidential election before withdrawing and endorsing Stasys Lozoraitis Jr.
Artūras Orlauskas is a Lithuanian comedian,actor,politician,one of the leaders of the Lithuanian Family Movement,and water polo player. He is the leader of the electoral list of the People and Justice Union in the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election.
