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Peasants and New Democratic Party Union

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga
Abbreviation LVŽS
Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis
First Vice Chairman Bronis Ropė
Vice Chairpeople Rima Baškienė
Kęstutis Mažeika
Arvydas Nekrošius
Aušrinė Norkienė
Mindaugas Puidokas
Viktoras Rinkevičius
Virginijus Sinkevičius
Andriejus Stančikas
Tomas Tomilinas
Povilas Žagunis
Founded 2001 (Union of Peasants and New Democratic Parties)
Preceded by Lithuanian Peasants Party
New Democracy Party
Headquarters Pamėnkalnio g. 26, Vilnius
Membership 4,850
Ideology Centrism
Technocracy
Agrarianism
Green politics
Green conservatism
Economic liberalism
Political position Centre to Centre-right
International affiliation None
European Parliament group The Greens–European Free Alliance
Colours Green
Seats in the Seimas
56 / 141
Seats in the European Parliament
1 / 11
Cabinet of Lithuania
11 / 14
Municipal councils
147 / 1,526
Mayors
3 / 60
Website
www.lvzs.lt/lt/

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (Lithuanian: Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga, LVŽS; also known as Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union, formerly Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, Lithuanian: Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga, LVLS) is an agrarian political party in Lithuania led by industrial farmer Ramūnas Karbauskis.

In February 2006, the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union led by Lithuanian politician Kazimiera Prunskienė chose to rename itself after the pre-war Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union. It had previously been known as "Valstiečių ir Naujosios demokratijos partijų sąjunga", or VNDS, which translates to the "Peasants and New Democratic Party Union" or "Union of Peasants and New Democratic Parties". This name stemmed from its origin as an electoral alliance between the Lithuanian Peasants Party (Lietuvos valstiečių partija) and the New Democratic Party (Naujosios demokratijos partija), which merged to form the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union.

It changed its name to Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union in January 2012.

After successful performance in the 2016 elections, a clarification about its English name format was issued, changing it to Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.

In the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections, the party gained 7.4% of the vote and won one MEP, who joined the Union for Europe of the Nations group.

Its candidate Kazimiera Prunskienė gained 21.4% of the vote in the first round and 47.4% in the second round in the presidential elections of 13 June 2004. At the legislative elections on 10 October 2004, the party won 6.6% of the popular vote and 10 out of 141 seats.


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