The Christian Party ( lt, Krikščionių partija, KP) was a

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. The Christian Party was founded on 23 January 2010 as a merger of the

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(Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga) and the Lithuanian Party of Christian Democracy (Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos partija).http://www.krikscioniupartija.lt
The party has eight members in the

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. The leader,

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was elected for the

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, Jonas Ramonas for

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, and eight were elected for the

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: Ligitas Kernagis, Vytautas Kurpuvesas, Aleksandr Sacharuk, Jonas Stanevičius, Donalda Meiželytė Svilienė, Zita Užlytė, Mantas Varaška, and

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. However, Varaška and Žilinskas defected to the group of the Homeland Union in Spring 2011.

References

External links

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Christian Party official website

Seimas faction webpage
Christian democratic parties in Europe Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Lithuania Conservative parties in Lithuania {{Lithuania-party-stub