Christian Party (Lithuania)

The Christian Party (Lithuanian: Krikščionių partija, KP) was a centre-right political party 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 Christian Democratic Party (Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos partija).[1]

Christian Party Krikščionių partija
Leader	Gediminas Vagnorius
Founded	23 January 2010
Dissolved	26 October 2013
Merged into	Labour Party
Headquarters	Odminių g. 5, Vilnius
Ideology	Christian democracy Conservatism Social conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	none
International affiliation	none
European Parliament group	no MEPs
Colours	Green
Seats in the Seimas	0 / 141
European Parliament	0 / 12
Municipal councils	15 / 1,526
Website
www.krikscioniupartija.lt
Politics of Lithuania Political parties Elections

The party has eight members in the Seimas. The leader, Vidmantas Žiemelis was elected for the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Jonas Ramonas for Order and Justice, 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.