Politics of Lithuania takes place in a framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president of Lithuania is the head of state and the prime minister of Lithuania is the head of government,and of a multi-party system.
Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician who served as the sixth President of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment in April 2004. He previously served two terms as the Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001,and as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. He led Order and Justice from 2004 to 2016 and was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019.
The Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats,also colloquially known as the Conservatives,is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 members and 28 of 141 seats in the Seimas. Its current interim leader is RadvilėMorkūnaitė-Mikulėnienėfollowing the resignation of Gabrielius Landsbergis in 2024 after the party's loss in the election. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democracy Union (IDU).
Albertas Šimėnas was Prime Minister of Lithuania for 3 days,from 10 to 13 January 1991. He disappeared during the January Events and was replaced by Gediminas Vagnorius.
The Government of Lithuania,officially the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (GRL),is the cabinet of and exercising executive power in Lithuania. 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.
Dainius Kreivys is a Lithuanian businessman and politician who served as the Minister of Economy of Lithuania from 2008 to 2011 and is a member of Seimas since 2012. He is a member of the conservative political party Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
Dalia Grybauskaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of Lithuania to be reelected for a second consecutive term.
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania in two stages on 20 October and 10 November 1996. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election;70 based on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Where no candidate gained more than 50% of the vote on 20 October,a run-off was held on 10 November.
The Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania,decrees issued by the president and prime minister,and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to develop positive legal and economic environment for economic development and ensure public welfare and employment.
Ingrida Šimonytė is a Lithuanian politician,public servant and economist who served as the 17th prime minister of Lithuania from 2020 to 2024. She is no longer Prime Minister of Lithuania. She has been a Member of the Seimas for the Antakalnis constituency since 2016 and was Minister of Finance in the second Kubilius cabinet from 2009 until 2012. Šimonytėwas a candidate in the 2019 and 2024 presidential election,but lost in the second round runoff to Gitanas Nausėda both times. She has been a member of Homeland Union since 2022,having previously been an independent politician.
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.
Virginijus Sinkevičius is a Lithuanian politician who was serving as European Commissioner for the Environment,Oceans and Fisheries in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen from 2019 to 2024. In the 2024 European elections he was elected and became a member of the European Parliament. He previously was a Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania.
AušrinėArmonaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the chairperson of the Freedom Party from 2019 to 2024. 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.
Gintautas Paluckas is a Lithuanian politician serving as the 18th prime minister of Lithuania since December 2024. Paluckas served as Deputy Mayor of Vilnius from 2015 to 2019,as the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) from 2017 to 2021 and has been a member of the Seimas since the 2020 election.
Monika Navickienė is a Lithuanian politician,a Member of the Seimas for Naujoji Vilnia constituency. She previous was an Executive Secretary of Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats from 2013 to 2016. Designate as the Vice Chairwoman of the Homeland Union in 2017.
Mykolas Majauskas is a Lithuanian public person,a former Chair of Finance Committee and member of the Seimas,a former Vilnius city councillor and former Lithuania Government Official. He has resigned from the Parliament Finance committee after refusing to vote for tax increases and therefore was expelled from Homeland Union in November 2022. Mykolas has been approved by the Central Bank of Lithuania as a board member of one of the leading real estate fund management companies and elected as President of Crypto Economy Organisation.
ŠimonytėCabinet was the 18th cabinet of the national government of the Republic of Lithuania. It consisted of the former Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytėwho was the Head of Government,and 14 government ministers from the Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats,Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania,and Freedom Party.
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.
The Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" is a centre-left and green Lithuanian political party founded on 29 January 2022 by Saulius Skvernelis,former Prime Minister of Lithuania. The party is moderately socially conservative.
Kurk Lietuvai,also known as KurkLT,is a strategic government initiative focused on fostering innovation and implementing best practices within the Lithuanian public sector. It is part of Invest Lithuania,country's foreign investment agency.
