Lithuanian Regions Party Lietuvos regionų partija | |
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Abbreviation | LRP |
Chairperson | Jonas Pinskus |
Vice Chairpeople | Juozas Bernatonis Ingrida Baltrušytė-Četrauskienė Petras Čimbaras Kęstutis Daukšys Elvinas Jankevičius Andrius Palionis Živilė Pinskuvienė Andrius Šedžius |
Founder | Gediminas Kirkilas |
Founded | 13 April 2018(LSDDP) 29 July 2021 (LRP) |
Split from | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania |
Headquarters | Vilnius |
Ideology | Social democracy[1] Regionalism Social conservatism |
Political position | Left-wing[2] |
Colours | Red, White |
Seimas | 9 / 141 |
European Parliament | 0 / 11 |
Municipal councils | 57 / 1,498 |
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The Lithuanian Regions Party (Lithuanian: Lietuvos regionų partija, LRP),[3] also translated as the Lithuanian Party of Regions, is a political party in Lithuania.[4] It was founded in 2018 as the Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos socialdemokratų darbo partija, LSDDP) following a split of members from Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP; also joined by former members of the Labour Party) after the LSDP's decision to exit a coalition government with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union in 2017.[5]