Christian Party (Lithuania)

Christian Party Krikščionių partija
Leader	Gediminas Vagnorius
Founded	23 January 2010
Headquarters	Odminių g.5, Vilnius
Ideology	Christian democracy, Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	none
European affiliation	none
European Parliament Group	no MEPs
Official colours	Green
Seats in the Seimas	8 / 141
Website
krikscioniupartija.lt
Politics of Lithuania Political parties Elections

The Christian Party (Lithuanian: Krikščionių partija, KP) is 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 Christian Democratic Party (Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos partija).^[1]

The party has ten 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.

References

1. ^ http://www.krikscioniupartija.lt

External links

• (Lithuanian) Christian Party official website
• Seimas faction webpage

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