Homeland Union
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Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai |
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| Abbreviation | TS - LKD |
| Chairman | Gabrielius Landsbergis |
| First Vice Chairwoman | Irena Degutienė |
| Vice Chairpeople |
Mantas Adomėnas Adomas Bužinskas Dainius Kreivys Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė Monika Navickienė |
| Executive Secretary | Paulė Kuzmickienė |
| Founded | May 1993 |
| Preceded by | Sąjūdis |
| Headquarters | L.Stuokos-Gucevičiaus g. 11, Vilnius |
| Youth wing | Jaunųjų konservatorių lyga |
| Membership | 16,500 (the end of 2010) |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Christian democracy National conservatism Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Blue, green |
| Seats in the Seimas |
31 / 141
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| Seats in the European Parliament |
2 / 11
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| Municipal councils |
253 / 1,473
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| Mayors |
11 / 60
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| Website | |
| http://www.tsajunga.lt | |
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lithuanian: Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, TS-LKD) is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 members and 33 of 141 seats in the Seimas.
It is the main centre-right party, with a particularly liberal conservative and Christian democratic, but also nationalist oriented and economically liberal ideology. Its current leader is Gabrielius Landsbergis who replaced Andrius Kubilius in 2014. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democrat Union (IDU).
It was founded in May 1993 by the right wing of the Reform Movement of Lithuania, led by Vytautas Landsbergis, who had led Lithuania to independence. In the 1996 national elections, it secured 31.3% of the vote and returned 70 deputies to the Seimas, but, in 2000, it was reduced to 8.6% and 9 deputies.
After Lithuania's admission to the European Union in 2004, it won two seats in the election to the European Parliament, one of whom was Vytautas Landsbergis, who sat in the EPP-ED Group. At the 2004 election to the Seimas, the party won 14.6% of the popular vote and 25 out of 141 seats.
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