The People and Justice Union (centrists, nationalists) ( lt, Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)), formerly known as the Lithuanian Centre Party ( lt, Lietuvos Centro partija) is an agrarian-
centrist
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political party
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Lithuania
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. Since the Seimas elections in 2016, it has been represented in the parliament and has also had representatives at the municipal level. The leader of the party is MP
Naglis Puteikis
Naglis Puteikis (born 2 September 1964) is a Lithuanian politician and member of the Seimas.
Biography
Naglis Puteikis was born on 2 September 1964 in Vilnius. In 1984, he graduated from the Faculty of History at Vilnius University and worked ...
. Its honorary leader was noted Lithuanian philosopher and nationalist thinker
Romualdas Ozolas
Romualdas Ozolas ɔmʊˈɐɫdɐs ˈoːzɔɫɐs(31 January 1939 – 6 April 2015) was a Lithuanian politician, activist, writer and pedagogue who taught at Vilnius University.parliamentary election of 2016, the Lithuanian Centre Party participated in a coalition (''Anti-corruption coalition of Kristupas Krivickas and Naglis Puteikis'') with the Lithuanian Pensioners' Party and received 6.1% of the popular vote. In the 2019 Lithuanian municipal elections, the Centre Party received 1.25% of votes nationwide and won municipal council seats in Klaipeda, Varena and
Alytus
Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2022 was 53,925. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The maj ...
(increasing the number of seats from 3 to 8). During the 2019 election to the European Parliament the party received 5.13% of the national vote, but did not receive any representatives in the European Parliament. On October 26, 2019, the Congress of the Lithuanian Centre Party decided to change the official name of the party to the ''Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania"''. The party fully supports the ''welfare state'' idea of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
Gitanas Nausėda
Gitanas Nausėda (born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian economist, politician and banker who is serving as the ninth and incumbent President of Lithuania since 2019. He was previously director of monetary policy at the Bank of Lithuania from 1996 un ...
. In 2020, the party's name was changed again, this time to the ''Centre Party – Nationalists''. In 2021 it merged with the
Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union
The Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union ( lt, Lietuvių tautininkų ir respublikonų sąjunga or LTS), also known as the Nationalists (), is a right-wing nationalist political party in Lithuania. It claims to be the continuation of the ...