The Christian Party (, KP) was a

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. The Christian Party was founded on 23 January 2010 as a merger of the

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(Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga) and the Lithuanian Party of Christian Democracy (Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos partija).http://www.krikscioniupartija.lt
The party had eight members in the

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. The leader,

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was elected for the

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, Jonas Ramonas for

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, 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

External links

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Christian Party official website

Seimas faction webpage
Christian democratic parties in Lithuania Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Lithuania Conservative parties in Lithuania {{Lithuania-party-stub