The Front Party ( lt, Fronto partija, abbreviated FRONTAS) was a

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in Lithuania established in 2008 by Algirdas Paleckis. It participated in the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary elections but failed to reach the 5% cutoff and sent no members to the

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. On December 19, 2009 the party merged with the Lithuanian Socialist Party to establish a new political party, the Socialist People's Front.

Ideology

The party is considered

, clearly advancing leftist values and advocating reforms to the Lithuanian Constitution. The party supports an interventionist policy on economic matters ("The market must be regulated and limited"). The party promised during the parliamentary elections to reduce the number of Seimas members to 121 and to expand the powers of the

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Socialist People's Front

On December 19, 2009, the Front Party merged with the Lithuanian Socialist Party at a meeting in Vilnius. The new party was named the "Socialist People's Front" ( lt, Socialistinis liaudies frontas). At the meeting, held at

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, 102 party delegates participated. In voting for the merger, 96 delegates were in favor, three against, and one abstained. The new party was registered at the

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, and its ideology is

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.„Socialistinis liaudies frontas“ registruotas kaip politinė partija
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Notable members

* Algirdas Paleckis, leader of the party from its creation to dissolution *

Audrius Butkevičius Audrius Butkevičius (born 24 September 1960 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian politician, a signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, former minister of defense (1991-93), and member of the Seimas (parliament of Lithuania) ...

(2008-2009), one of the most active members, former minister of National Defence

References

External links

Official website
{{Lithuanian political parties Defunct political parties in Lithuania pl:Socjalistyczny Front Ludowy