Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
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| Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija |
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| Leader | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Vilnius |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-Left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| European Parliament Group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Official colours | Red, White |
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The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. It led a minority government in the unicameral Seimas, Lithuania's Parliament from 2004-2008. The party's president and the current outgoing Prime Minister of Lithuania, is Gediminas Kirkilas. The party is a member of both the Party of European Socialists and the Socialist International.
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The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania was formed from the 2001 merger of the Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party and the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania. The latter party was known as the Communist Party of Lithuania until 1990.
At the legislative elections on 10 October 2004, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania held 20 out of the 141 seats in the Seimas. From 4 July 2006, until the parliamentary elections of 2008 the party led a centre-left minority coalition of itself, the Labour Party and New Union (Social Liberals) with 59 members of parliament in total.
Its last presidential candidate, Česlovas Juršėnas, won 11.9 percent of the vote at the presidential elections on 13 June 2004.
Algirdas Brazauskas resigned from his position as party chairman on 19 May 2007, when Gediminas Kirkilas was elected.
At the legislative elections of 2008 the party gained 25 seats in the Seimas, five more than in the previous election of 2004, and 11.73 percent of the national vote, However, due to its governing partners, Labour Party and New Union (Social Liberals), losing many seats, its coalition collapsed and a new centre-right coalition, led by Andrius Kubilius, who becomes prime minister for a second time, of Homeland Union, National Resurrection Party, and Liberals' Movement of the Republic of Lithuania which gained a combined governmental majority of 72 out of 141 seats, took its place, and the party now currently is in opposition.
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