Christian Party (Lithuania)

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 Lithuanian Party of Christian Democracy (Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos partija).[1]

Christian Party
Krikščionių partija
LeaderGediminas Vagnorius
Founded23 January 2010
Dissolved26 October 2013
Merger ofChristian Conservative Social Union
Lithuanian Party of Christian Democracy
Merged intoLabour Party
HeadquartersOdminių g. 5, Vilnius
IdeologyChristian democracy
Conservatism
Social conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
ColoursGreen
Seats in the Seimas
0 / 141
European Parliament
0 / 12
Municipal councils
15 / 1,526
Website
www.krikscioniupartija.lt

The party had eight members in the Seimas. The leader, Vidmantas Žiemelis was elected for the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Jonas Ramonas for Order and Justice, and eight were elected for the National Resurrection Party: Ligitas Kernagis, Vytautas Kurpuvesas, Aleksandr Sacharuk, Jonas Stanevičius, Donalda Meiželytė Svilienė, Zita Užlytė, Mantas Varaška, and Rokas Žilinskas. However, Varaška and Žilinskas defected to the group of the Homeland Union in Spring 2011.

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