Christian Party (Lithuania)
Christian Party Krikščionių partija | |
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| Leader | Gediminas Vagnorius |
| Founded | 23 January 2010 |
| Dissolved | 26 October 2013 |
| Merged into | Labour Party |
| Headquarters | Odminių g. 5, Vilnius |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Conservatism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the Seimas | 0 / 141
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| European Parliament | 0 / 12
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| Municipal councils | 15 / 1,526
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| Website | |
| www | |
The Christian Party (Lithuanian: Krikščionių partija, KP) was a centre-right political party in Lithuania. The Christian Party was founded on 23 January 2010 as a merger of the Christian Conservative Social Union (Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga) and the (Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos partija).[1]
The party has eight members in the Seimas. The leader, Vidmantas Žiemelis was elected for the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, for Order and Justice, and eight were elected for the National Resurrection Party: , , , , Donalda Meiželytė Svilienė, , , and Rokas Žilinskas. However, Varaška and Žilinskas defected to the group of the Homeland Union in Spring 2011.
References[]
- ^ http://www.krikscioniupartija.lt Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- (in Lithuanian) Christian Party official website
- Seimas faction webpage
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