Liberals' Movement (Lithuania)

Liberal Movement

Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų sąjūdis
Liberal Movement Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų sąjūdis
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Leader	Remigijus Šimašius
Founded	February 25, 2006
Split from	Liberal and Centre Union
Headquarters	9/1 J. Tumo–Vaižganto g., Vilnius
Membership	~6,000 (the end of 2015)
Ideology	Liberalism; Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right[citation needed]
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament group	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours	Orange
Seimas	14 / 141
European Parliament	2 / 11
Municipal councils	217 / 1,473
Website
	www.liberalai.lt
	Politics of Lithuania; Political parties; Elections;

The Liberal Movement^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] (Lithuanian: Liberalų Sąjūdis), formally the Liberals' Movement of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų sąjūdis) and abbreviated to LRLS, is a conservative-liberal^[6] political party in Lithuania.

Following the October 2012 General Election, the Liberal Movement has ten members of the Seimas. It previously participated in a governing coalition, along with the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and Liberal and Centre Union. It has two MEPs in the European Parliament, Leonidas Donskis and Antanas Guoga, who sit in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group. The LRLS is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party.

History

The party was founded in 2006 by dissident members of the Liberal and Centre Union that were unhappy with Artūras Zuokas's leadership.

In the legislative elections of 2008, the first elections LRLS has ever taken part in, it gained 11 seats in the Seimas and 5.72 percent of the national vote. The LRLS formed a coalition with the Homeland Union, the Liberal and Centre Union, and the National Resurrection Party. This coalition gained a combined governmental majority of 80 out of 141 seats in the Seimas, led by Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius of the Homeland Union. At the subsequent elections of 2012, the party lost one seat to finish with 10 seats in the Seimas and 8.57 percent of the national vote.

After party's leader Eligijus Masiulis allegedly took a bribe of 100,000 euro, Antanas Guoga took his position.^[when?] But he was the chairman for 4 days only, and has resigned. The mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius, is the current chairman of the party.

Members of the European Parliament

Parliamentarian	Born	Occupation	From	To
Leonidas Donskis	1962	Philosopher	2009	2014
Petras Auštrevičius	1963	Diplomat	2014	(2019)
Antanas Guoga	1973	Businessman	2014	(2019)

Current Members of the Seimas

Parliamentarian	From	Constituency
Virgilijus Alekna	2016	Multi-member Constituency
Aušrinė Armonaitė	2016	Multi-member Constituency
Juozas Baublys	2016	Varėna-Trakai
Viktorija Čmilytė	2015	Multi-member Constituency
Vitalijus Gailius	2012	Pakruojis-Joniškis
Arūnas Gelūnas	2016	Multi-member Constituency
Eugenijus Gentvilas	2012 (1990-1992)	Multi-member Constituency
Simonas Gentvilas	2016	Multi-member Constituency
Kęstutis Glaveckas	1996 (1990-1992)	Multi-member Constituency
Ričardas Juška	2016	Jurbarkas-Pagėgiai
Jonas Liesys	2016 (2008-2012)	Trakai-Vievis
Gintaras Steponavičius	2000	Multi-member Constituency
Gintaras Vaičekauskas	2016	Pajūrio (Klaipėda)
Jonas Varkalys	2016	Plungė

Members of the Government of Lithuania

Minister	Born	Position	From	To
Eligijus Masiulis	1974	Transport	2008	2012
Gintaras Steponavičius	1967	Education/Science	2008	2012
Remigijus Šimašius	1974	Justice	2008	2012

Footnotes

^ Daugiausiai nario mokesčio surinko socdemai - 643 tūkst. Lt
^ "Center-right to form Lithuanian coalition". The New York Times. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
^ Adomaitis, Nerijus (26 October 2008). "Lithuania centre right wins vote as slowdown looms". Reuters. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
^ Seputyte, Milda (26 October 2008). "Lithuanian Homeland Union Secures Victory in Election Run-Off". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
^ "Lithuania: Political structure". The Economist. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
^ Hans Slomp (26 September 2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics [2 volumes]: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. pp. 536–. ISBN 978-0-313-39182-8.

External links

[1] Daugiausiai nario mokesčio surinko socdemai - 643 tūkst. Lt

[2] "Center-right to form Lithuanian coalition". The New York Times. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

[3] Adomaitis, Nerijus (26 October 2008). "Lithuania centre right wins vote as slowdown looms". Reuters. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

[4] Seputyte, Milda (26 October 2008). "Lithuanian Homeland Union Secures Victory in Election Run-Off". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

[5] "Lithuania: Political structure". The Economist. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

[Slomp2011-6] Hans Slomp (26 September 2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics [2 volumes]: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. pp. 536–. ISBN 978-0-313-39182-8.

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