This article gives an overview of liberalism in Lithuania. Liberalism was a major force in Lithuania since 1900. Next to the urban citizens, agrarian liberal parties became active. It is limited to

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with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

History

After the restoration of independence in 1990 liberal parties arose again. Currently, the Liberal Movement and

Freedom and Justice Freedom and Justice ( lt, Laisvė ir Teisingumas, LT), known until 6 June 2020 as the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) ( lt, Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai)), is a conservative liberal political party in Lithuania. It holds soft euro ...

are centre-right liberal parties, and the Freedom Party is a centrist liberal party.

Lithuanian Democratic Party

*1902: Liberal intellectuals and dissident social democrats formed the Lithuanian Democratic Party (''Lietuvių Demokratų Partija''). *1905: The LDP sponsored the forming of the ⇒ Lithuanian Peasants Union *1914: The LDP is renamed into Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos Demokratų Partija) *1917: A left wing faction formed the Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party and a moderate faction formed the ⇒ Democratic National Freedom League. *1920: The party is dissolved

From Lithuanian Peasants' Union to Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union

*1905: The ⇒ Lithuanian Democratic Party sponsored the foundation of the Lithuanian Peasants' Union (''Lietuvos Valstiečių Sąjunga''), a party working under supervision of the LDP *1920: The party became an independent party *1922: The party merged with the ⇒ Lithuanian Socialist Popular Democratic Party into the

Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union ( lt, Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga, LVLS) was a centre-left political party in Lithuania between 1922 and 1936. The party's leaders included the third President Kazys Grinius and three-term P ...

(''Lietuvos Valstiečių Liaudininkų Sąjunga'') under the leadership of Mykolas Sleževičius and

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*1935: The party is banned, but continued in exile *1990: It is refounded as a conservative-agrarian party

Lithuanian Socialist Popular Democratic Party

*1917: A left wing faction of the ⇒ Lithuanian Democratic Party formed the Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party (''Lietuvos Socialistų Liaudininkų Demokratų Partija'') *1922: The party merged with the ⇒ Lithuanian Peasants' Union into the ⇒ Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union

From Democratic National Freedom League to Farmers Party

*1917: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Lithuanian Democratic Party formed the Democratic National Freedom League (''Demokratinė Tautos Laisvės Santara'') *1925: The party is renamed into the Farmers Party (''Ūkininkų Partija'') *1928: The party is banned, but continued in exile

From Lithuanian Liberal Union to Freedom Party

*1990: In newly independent Lithuania liberals formed the Lithuanian Liberal Union (''Lietuvos Liberalų Sąjunga''). *1993: The

Lithuanian Centre Union The Lithuanian Centre Union, or Centre Union of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos centro sąjunga, LCS), was a liberalism, liberal list of political parties in Lithuania, political party in Lithuania that existed between 1993 and 2003. History It was estab ...

(''Lietuvos Centro Sąjunga'') is founded. *2002: A populist faction of the LLS formed the Liberal Democratic Party (''Liberalų Demokratų Partija''). *2003: The party merged with the ⇒ Lithuanian Centre Union and the Modern Christian Democratic Union into the Liberal and Centre Union (''Liberalų ir Centro Sąjunga''). *2002: An agrarian faction of the LCS formed the

Lithuanian Centre Party The People and Justice Union (centrists, nationalists) ( lt, Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)), formerly known as the Lithuanian Centre Party ( lt, Lietuvos Centro partija) is an agrarian-centrist political party in Lithuan ...

(''Lietuvos Centro Partija''). *2006: The Liberals' Movement of the Republic of Lithuania was formed by the dissident members of LiCS. *2008: The National Resurrection Party (''Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija'') is founded. *2011: The TPP merged into the ⇒ LiCS. *2019: The Freedom Party (''Laisvės Partija'') was formed by the former members of LRLS.

New Union Social Liberals

*1998:

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launched the

New Union (Social Liberals) The New Union (Social Liberals) ( lt, Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai), NS) was a Social liberalism, social-liberal list of political parties in Lithuania, political party in Lithuania. The NS was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ...

(''Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai)'') *2011: The party merged into the ⇒ Labour Party

Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) to Freedom and Justice

*2011: The YES – Homeland Revival and Perspective (''TAIP – Tėvynės atgimimas ir perspektyva'') is founded by Artūras Zuokas. *2014: The Liberal and Centre Union merged with YES into the ⇒ Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (''Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai)''). *2020: The Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) merged with

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(originally ⇒ ''Liberal Democratic Party'') into ⇒

(''Laisvė ir teisingumas'').

Liberal leaders

* Jonas Vileišis - Mykolas Sleževičius -

- Petras Auštrevičius -

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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (born 6 August 1983) is a Lithuanian politician and chess player who is currently the speaker of the Seimas. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010, she was European women's champion in 2011, and is a two-time L ...

- Aušrinė Armonaitė

Liberal think tanks

* Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LLRI) * Taikomosios politikos institutas (TPI)