Lithuanian People's Party

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Not to be confused with a newly established party Lietuvos žmonių partija which has the same name in English.

Lithuanian People's Party

Leader	Andrius Šedžius
Founded	April 20, 2003 (2003-04-20)
Headquarters	A. Stulginskio g. 4/7, Vilnius
Membership	none
Ideology	pro-Russia^[1]^[2] Left centrism (officially)
Political position	centre-left
International affiliation	none
Seimas	0 / 141
European Parliament	0 / 12
Municipal councils	7 / 1,526
Website
www.liaudiespartija.lt
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Lithuanian People's Party (Lithuanian: Lietuvos liaudies partija) is a political party in Lithuania. The party has had 7 representatives at the municipal level^[3] and has no seats in either Seimas or EP. The leader of the party is the first prime minister of the independent Lithuania Kazimira Prunskienė.^[4]

The party signed a cooperation agreement with the biggest party in Russia, United Russia^[5] soon after its establishment and has been in active collaboration ever since.

References

v t e Political parties in Lithuania
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Other active parties	Lithuanian Centre Party Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) Lithuanian National Union Lithuanian Nationalist Union Lithuanian People's Party Lithuanian Russian Union Party of National Progress Samogitian Party Socialist People's Front Young Lithuania
Defunct parties (Since 1990)	Centre Union of Lithuania Christian Conservative Social Union Christian Democratic Union Christian Party Civic Democratic Party Communist Party of Lithuania Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania Front Party Independence Party Liberal and Centre Union Liberal Union of Lithuania Lithuanian Christian Democrats Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Lithuanian Democratic Party Lithuanian Liberty League Lithuanian Liberty Union Lithuanian Peasants Party Lithuanian Social Democratic Union Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees Modern Christian-Democratic Union National Democratic Party of Lithuania National Resurrection Party New Democracy Party New Union (Social Liberals) Sąjūdis Socialist Party of Lithuania Unified Lithuanian National Workers Movement YES Young Communist League of Lithuania
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