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Seventh Seimas Of Lithuania
The Seventh Seimas of Lithuania was the parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 20 October 1996, with the second round on 10 November. The Seimas commenced its work on 25 November 1996 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 18 October 2000. Elections In the elections in 1996, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 20 October 1996. In those constituencies where no candidate gained a majority of votes on 20 October, a run-off was held on 10 November. The elections were won by the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservative Party, which gained 70 seats, followed by 16 seats won by Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, which had decisively won the previous elections, ended up with only 12 seats. Activities Vytautas Landsbergis Vytautas Landsbergis (born 18 October 1932) is a Lithuanian politician and forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seimas
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), 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. Its 141 members are elected for a four-year term, with 71 elected in individual constituencies, and 70 elected in a nationwide vote based on open list proportional representation. A party must receive at least 5%, and a multi-party union at least 7%, of the national vote to qualify for the proportional representation seats. Following the elections in 2020, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats is the largest party in the Seimas, forming a ruling coalition with the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party. The Seimas traces its origins to the Seimas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Sejm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Union Of Lithuania
The Liberal Union of Lithuania () was a liberal political party in Lithuania. History The party was founded on the 25th of November, 1990 on a basis of the Vilnius University Liberal Club. Its first leader was Vilnius University philosophy professor Vytautas Radžvilas. In 1992 parliamentary election, the Liberal Union got 1.51 percent of votes and failed to win any seats. In January 1993 the party congress agreed upon declaration, which stated that the party would right-wing one. In 1994 the party's membership grew. Most of these new members were either former politicians (e. g. former Moderates Movement's leader Eugenijus Gentvilas) or employees of company EBSW. In 1995 municipal election, the party got 2.69 percent of the votes nationally and 40 councillors. Most of these gains were city districts (e. g. Birštonas, Marijampolė, Klaipėda). After these elections many members of Liberal Union in Kaunas resigned. In 1996 parliamentary election the party got 1.84 percent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Farmers And Greens Union
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union ( lt, Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga, LVŽS)The party is also known as Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union. is a green-conservative and agrarian political party in Lithuania led by Ramūnas Karbauskis. Following the 2020 parliamentary election, the LVŽS has been in opposition to the Šimonytė Cabinet. The party's two MEPs sit in the Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament. Founded in 2001 as the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, ( lt, Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga, links=no, LVLS), the party's symbol since 2012 has been the white stork. History Foundation and participation in the Social Democratic Party-led governments (2001–2008) In December 2001, electoral alliance between the Lithuanian Peasants Party (Lietuvos valstiečių partija) and the New Democratic Party () known as the "" (or VNDS), which translates to the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union or Union of Peasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidmantas Žiemelis
Vidmantas Žiemelis (born December 4, 1950) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He also served at one point as Lithuania's Minister of Internal Affairs. References 1950 births Living people Ministers of Internal Affairs of Lithuania Lithuanian jurists Members of the Seimas 21st-century Lithuanian politicians {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laima Andrikienė
Laima Liucija Andrikienė (born 1 January 1958 in Druskininkai) is a Lithuanian politician serving as member of the European Court of Auditors since November 2022. Andrikienė is signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, member of Reconstituent Seimas (1990-1992), former and current member of the Seimas (1992-2000, 2020-current), former chair of Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seimas, former vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, former Minister of Industry and Trade, former minister of European Affairs, and former member of the European Parliament (2004-2014, 2016–2019) for the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) and European People’s Party, respectively. Biography Andrikienė was born in Druskininkai on 1 January 1958. In 1980 Andrikienė graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in Economics and Math. She worked as an engineer, an later as a research fellow, at the Lithuanian Institute for Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Investigation Service
The Special Investigation Service or STT ( lt, Specialiųjų tyrimų tarnyba) is a law enforcement institution in Lithuania serving under the Seimas and the President of Lithuania to combat corruption. With departments in Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys, its objectives are to identify and investigate cases of corruption as well as to prevent it through education and introduction of improved procedures in the public sector. History With growing awareness of corruption in 1990s and several scandals (most notable of them was linked to the Prime Minister Adolfas Šleževičius), the Homeland Union won 1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election. The newly formed Lithuanian government, led by Gediminas Vagnorius, decided in 1997 to establish a separate organization for addressing the problem. It was done by government's decree. Main task of the STT was detection and detention of corrupt and abusive of power officials (civil servants, judges and so). The STT was accordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis (born 18 October 1932) is a Lithuanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union. He has written 20 books on a variety of topics, including a biography of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, as well as works on politics and music. He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration, and a member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Biography Vytautas Landsbergis was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. His father was the architect Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis. His mother, ophthalmologist Dr. Ona Jablonskytė-Landsbergienė, in 1944 sheltered a Jewish teenager in the family home, for which she was awarded the title of a Righteous Among the Nations by Israel. In 1952 he placed third in the Lithuanian chess championship, after Ratmir Kholmov and Vladas Mikėnas. In 1955, he graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent (politician)
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Party (Lithuania)
The Independence Party ( lt, Nepriklausomybės partija, NP) was a political party in Lithuania between 1990 and 2001. History The party was initially named 11 March Party (''Kovo 11-osios partija''). It contested the 1992 parliamentary elections in an alliance with the Lithuanian Nationalist Union, winning a single seat. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1209 The seat was won by Kęstutis Skrebys, who in 1993 joined the newly-formed Homeland Union The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats ( lt, Tėvynės sąjunga Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, TS–LKD), also known colloquially simply as the Conservatives, is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 mem ... leaving the party seatless. It ran alone in the 1996 parliamentary elections, but failed to win a seat.Nohlen & Stöver, p1219 References {{Authority control Defunct political parties in Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Socialist Party
Socialist Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos socialistų partija) was a Marxist political party in Lithuania. It was formed on March 26, 1994, The principal creators of the LSP were J.Sakalauskas, Albinas Visockas, who was to be elected leader of the newly formed party at the LSP 1st party congress, and Michailas Bugakovas. In 1997, former member of the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania Mindaugas Stakvilevičius was elected leader and remained so until 2006 when the 7th party Congress of the LSP on October 28, 2006, elected the new leader of the party, Giedrius Petružis, who was leader until merger with the Front Party. The highest organ of the party was the Congress of the LSP. It elected the Council of the party and the management board. Party platform The credo of the LSP party program was "Socialism, democracy and independence". The program of LSP was oriented towards the social state of Lithuania and what it considered in the future to be towards the new socialism. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Liberty League
The Lithuanian Liberty League or LLL ( lt, Lietuvos laisvės lyga) was a dissident organization in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and a political party in independent Republic of Lithuania. Established as an underground resistance group in 1978, LLL was headed by Antanas Terleckas. Pro-independence LLL published anti-Soviet literature and organized protest rallies. While it enjoyed limited popularity in 1987–1989, it grew increasingly irrelevant after the independence declaration in 1990. It registered as a political party in November 1995 and participated in parliamentary elections without gaining any seats in the Seimas. History First political rallies On 23 August 1987, the 48th anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, LLL organized the first anti-Soviet rally that was not forcibly dispersed by the Soviet militsiya. The event tested the limits of '' glastnost'' and other liberal Soviet reforms and is often cited as one of the first signs of the Lithuanian i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Liberty Union
The Lithuanian Liberty Union ( lt, Lietuvos laisvės sąjunga, LLS) was a political party in Lithuania. History The party was established in 1992 as a breakaway from the Lithuanian Freedom League, and was formerly registered as a political party on 13 September 1994.League for Lithuanian Liberation; whether it is a right-wing party; mandate; leaders; parliamentary representation; reports of it targeting the Russian minority ECOI It contested the 1992 elections, but received just 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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