Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai | |
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Abbreviation | TS–LKD |
Chairperson | Gabrielius Landsbergis |
First vice chair | Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė |
Deputy chairpersons | Laurynas Kasčiūnas Andrius Navickas Monika Navickienė Paulius Saudargas Jonas Survila |
Executive secretary | Martynas Prievelis |
Founders | Vytautas Landsbergis Gediminas Vagnorius |
Founded | 1 May 1993 |
Preceded by | Sąjūdis |
Headquarters | J. Jasinskio g. 17, Vilnius |
Youth wing | Young Conservative League |
Membership | 12,819 (2022) [1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right[6][7][8] |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party |
Colours | Blue Turquoise (since 2020)[9] |
Seimas | 50 / 141 |
European Parliament | 3 / 11 |
Municipal councils | 279 / 1,461 |
Mayors | 5 / 60 |
Website | |
https://tsajunga.lt/ | |
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lithuanian: Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, abbr. TS–LKD), also colloquially known as the Conservatives (Lithuanian: Konservatoriai), is a centre-right[6][7][8] political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 members and 50 of 141 seats in the Seimas. Its current leader is Gabrielius Landsbergis, who replaced Andrius Kubilius in 2015. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democracy Union (IDU).
Since 1996, the party has included the western house martin in its various logos over the years.[10][11]