The Christian Party ( lt, Krikščionių partija, KP) was a
centre-right
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political party
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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
Lithuanian Party of Christian Democracy (Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos partija).
http://www.krikscioniupartija.lt
The party has eight members in the Seimas
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. The leader, Vidmantas Žiemelis
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was elected for the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Jonas Ramonas
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for Order and Justice
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, and eight were elected for the National Resurrection Party
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History
Founded in 2008. The party was headed by a for ...
: Ligitas Kernagis, Vytautas Kurpuvesas
Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great (Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', Ol ...
, Aleksandr Sacharuk
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, Jonas Stanevičius
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Geography
* Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands
* Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States
* Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States
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, Donalda Meiželytė Svilienė, Zita Užlytė
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, Mantas Varaška
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, and Rokas Žilinskas
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. 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 Europe
Political parties established in 2010
2010 establishments in Lithuania
Conservative parties in Lithuania
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