Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union. He has written 20 books on a variety of topics,including a biography of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis,as well as works on politics and music. He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration,and a member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,or simply the Seimas,is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of government in Lithuania,enacting laws and amendments to the Constitution,passing the budget,confirming the Prime Minister and the Government and controlling their activities.
The Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats,also known colloquially simply as the Conservatives,is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 members and 50 of 141 seats in the Seimas. Its current leader is Gabrielius Landsbergis,who replaced Andrius Kubilius in 2015. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democrat Union (IDU).
Laima Liucija Andrikienė is a Lithuanian politician serving as member of the European Court of Auditors since November 2022.
Andrius Kubilius is a Lithuanian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He served as Prime Minister of Lithuania from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He was leader of the conservative political party Homeland Union.
Virgilijus Juozas Čepaitis is a Lithuanian publisher and translator,best known for his involvement in the Sąjūdis independence movement. He was the Executive Secretary of Sąjūdis and a member of its Initiative Group. He was also a signatory of the Declaration of the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania on 11 March 1990.
Liberals' Movement,abbreviated to LS,is a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania.
Romualdas Ozolas [rɔmʊˈɐɫdɐs ˈoːzɔɫɐs] was a Lithuanian politician,activist,writer and pedagogue who taught at Vilnius University.
Saulius Šaltenis is a Lithuanian writer,newspaper editor,and politician. In 1990,he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Minister of Culture from 1996 to 1999 in the Government of Gediminas Vagnorius
Gabrielius Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician,Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 18th Government of the Republic of Lithuania led by the Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. He is a Member of the Seimas for Centras –Žaliakalnis constituency,and a former member of the European Parliament. He was a member of Group of the European People's Party. Landsbergis was elected as the Chairman of the Homeland Union in 2015. He is credited with modernising Homeland Union.
The Sixth Seimas of Lithuania was the first parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania after it restored independence on 11 March 1990. Elections took place on 25 October 1992,with the second round on 15 November. In a surprisingly decisive outcome,the elections were won by Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (LDDP),with 73 seats. The result reflected widespread dissatisfaction with the economic situation and the policies of the ruling Sąjūdis political movement in the preceding Supreme Council of Lithuania.
RimantėŠalaševičiūtė is a Lithuanian politician and lawyer,ombudsman,and political and public figure.
Remigijus Žemaitaitis is a Lithuanian politician and member of the Seimas.
Saulius Skvernelis is a Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner,and was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Though he was an independent politician,he was backed by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and was a member of its parliamentary group until 2022,as a result of which he became the first head of government in European history primarily backed by a green party.
Arvydas Anušauskas is a Lithuanian politician and historian. He focuses on the history of the interwar Lithuanian secret services,KGB actions in Lithuania,and Soviet repressions in Lithuania. As a member of the Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats,he was elected to the Seimas (parliament) in 2008 and reelected in 2012,2016 and 2020.
Mykolas Majauskas is a Lithuanian politician,a member of the Seimas,a former Vilnius city councillor and an accused sex offender. He was expelled from Homeland Union in November 2022.
Andrius Mazuronis is an engineer,a Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Member of the Seimas since 2008.
Paulius Saudargas is a physicist,Deputy Speaker of the Seimas,Member of the Seimas for the Justiniškės constituency since 2008 and holds a PhD in biophysics.
Jonas Jarutis is a Lithuanian politician,who from 2020 serves as Deputy Speaker of Seimas of Republic of Lithuania.
Valdas Benkunskas is a Lithuanian politician. Mayor of Vilnius since 26 April,2023.
