Lithuanian Liberal Youth

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Lithuanian Liberal Youth Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas
Chairman	Lukas Stravinskas
Founded	12 January 1991; 31 years ago (1991-01-12) [1]
Headquarters	Vilnius
Membership	3,000+[citation needed]
Ideology	Classical liberalism[citation needed]
International affiliation	IFLRY, LYMEC, ESFL
Website	laisve.lt

Lithuanian Liberal Youth (Lithuanian: Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas, LLJ), is a political youth organization in Lithuania. It is the financially and organisationally independent of any political party. However, some prominent members of LLJ participate in active politics as representatives of political parties.

History[]

The organisation was unofficially established as Vilniaus liberalaus jaunimo klubas on 12 January 1991 and was officially registered on 1 December 1991. After being affiliated with Lithuanian Liberal Union until 1994, the organisation later decided to become an independent one. Even after this split many members of LLJ as , Gintaras Steponavičius and Aušrinė Armonaitė were elected to municipal councils and the Seimas as members of Lithuanian Liberal Union, Liberal and Centre Union and Liberal Movement.

Past leaders[]

Liberal leaders and officials who are alumni of LLJ include:

• Current Member of Parliament and Minister of Economics and Innovations Aušrinė Armonaitė
• Current Member of Parliament and Minister of Environment Simonas Gentvilas
• Current Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys
• Current Member of Parliament
• Former Chairman of the Liberal Movement, Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius
• Former Minister of Science and Education, current MP Gintaras Steponavičius
• Former Chairman of the Liberal Movement, MP and Minister of Transport and Communications Eligijus Masiulis
• Councillor of Vilnius City Municipality Deimantė Rimkutė

Structure[]

Executive[]

The day-to-day management of the LLJ is in the hands of the LLJ Board, the members of which are:

• Chairman: Lukas Stravinskas
• Coordinator of Branches: Miglė Krasauskaitė
• Coordinator of Political Affairs and Education: Ignas Dobrovolskas
• Coordinator of International Affairs and Political Affairs: Umberto Masi
• Coordinator of Communication: Ilona Kumpytė
• Coordinator of Projects and Finances: Augustė Sukackaitė
• Coordinator of Programs and Bureau: Vitold Dvorak
• Coordinator of Marketing and Partnership: Justinas Petkevičius

Branches[]

Currently the Lithuanian Liberal Youth has 25 local branches. Every branch has a local board and organizes regular general meetings, where local board members are elected and policy is decided. Every local member has the right to vote at the local general meetings. The sections are:

• Akmenė branch (ALJO)
• Alytus branch (ALJ)
• Druskininkai branch (DLJ)
• Elektrėnai branch (ELJ)
• Jonava branch (JLJ)
• Kaišiadorys branch (KRLJ)
• Kalvarija branch (KaLJ)
• Kaunas branch (association, KLJ)
• Kėdainiai branch (KėdLiJO)
• Kelmė branch (KelJO)
• Klaipėda branch (association, KLJO)
• Lentvaris branch (LeLiJO)
• Marijampolė branch (MLJO)
• Mažeikiai branch (association, MLJ)
• Raseiniai branch (RLJ)
• Rokiškis branch (RokLJ)
• Panevėžys branch (PLJ)
• Pilviškiai branch (PLJO)
• Šiauliai branch (association, ŠLJ)
• Šilutė branch (ŠLJO)
• Tauragė branch (TLJ)
• Telšiai branch (association, TLJO)
• Utena branch (association, ULJ)
• Varėna branch (VLJ)
• Vilnius branch (association, VLJO)

References[]

External links[]

• www.laisve.lt