Liberalism in Lithuania
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This article gives an overview of liberalism in Lithuania. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 History
- 2.1 Lithuanian Democratic Party
- 2.2 From Lithuanian Peasants' Union to Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
- 2.3 Lituanian Socialist Popular Democratic Party
- 2.4 From Democratic National Freedom League to Farmers Party
- 2.5 From Lithuanian Liberal Union to Liberal and Centre Union
- 2.6 Lithuanian Centre Union
- 2.7 New Union Social Liberals
- 2.8 Liberal Movement
- 3 Liberal leaders
- 4 Liberal think tanks
- 5 See also
Background[edit]
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Liberalism was a major force in Lithuania since 1902. Next to the urban citizens, agrarian liberal parties became active.
History[edit]
After the restoration of independence in 1990 liberal parties arose again. Currently, the Liberal Movement is a centre-right liberal party and the Liberal and Centre Union (Liberalų ir centro sąjunga) is a center liberal party. Both parties are the members of European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
Lithuanian Democratic Party[edit]
- 1902: Liberal intellectuals and dissident social democrats formed the Lithuanian Democratic Party (Lietuvių Demokratų Partija).
- 1905: The LDP sponsored the forming of the ⇒ Lithuanian Peasants Union
- 1914: The LDP is renamed into Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos Demokratų Partija)
- 1917: A left wing faction formed the Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party and a moderate faction formed the ⇒ Democratic National Freedom League.
- 1920: The party is dissolved
From Lithuanian Peasants' Union to Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union[edit]
- 1905: The ⇒ Lithuanian Democratic Party sponsored the foundation of the Lithuanian Peasants' Union (Lietuvos Valstiečių Sąjunga), a party working under supervision of the LDP
- 1920: The party became an independent party
- 1922: The party merged with the ⇒ Lithuanian Socialist Popular Democratic Party into the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union (Lietuvos Valstiečių Liaudininkų Sąjunga) under the leadership of Mykolas Sleževičius and Kazys Grinius
- 1935: The party is banned, but continued in exile
- 1990: It is refounded as a conservative-agrarian party
Lituanian Socialist Popular Democratic Party[edit]
- 1917: A left wing faction of the ⇒ Lithuanian Democratic Party formed the Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party (Lietuvos Socialistų Liaudininkų Demokratų Partija)
- 1922: The party merged with the ⇒ Lithuanian Peasants' Union into the ⇒ Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
From Democratic National Freedom League to Farmers Party[edit]
- 1917: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Lithuanian Democratic Party formed the Democratic National Freedom League (Demokratinė Tautos Laisvės Santara)
- 1925: The party is renamed into the Farmers Party (Ūkininkų Partija)
- 1928: The party is banned, but continued in exile
From Lithuanian Liberal Union to Liberal and Centre Union[edit]
- 1990: In newly independent Lithuania liberals formed the Lithuanian Liberal Union (Lietuvos Liberalų Sąjunga)
- 2002: A populist faction formed the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalų Demokratų Partija)
- 2003 : The party merged with the ⇒ Lithuanian Centre Union and the Modern Christian Democratic Union into the Liberal and Centre Union (Liberalų ir centro sąjunga)
Lithuanian Centre Union[edit]
- 1993: The Lithuanian Centre Union (Lietuvos Centro Sąjunga) is founded
- 2003: The party merged into the ⇒ Liberal and Centre Union
New Union Social Liberals[edit]
- 1998: Artūras Paulauskas launched the New Union Social Liberals (Naujoji Sąjunga-socialliberalai)
- 2011: The party merged into the ⇒ Labour Party
Liberal Movement[edit]
- 2006: The Liberals' Movement of the Republic of Lithuania was formed by the dissident members of the Liberal and Centre Union
Liberal leaders[edit]
Liberal think tanks[edit]
- Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LLRI)
- Taikomosios politikos institutas (TPI)