Labour Party (Lithuania)

Labour Party
Darbo partija
AbbreviationDP
ChairpersonAndrius Mazuronis
First Vice ChairmanValentinas Bukauskas
Vice ChairpeopleAlvydas Meištas
Raimundas Markauskas
Vaida Pocė
Aidas Gedvilas
Vigilijus Jukna
Vaida Giraitytė-Juškevičienė
Alicija Ščerbaitė
Rolandas Janickas
Antanas Makarevičius
Valentinas Bukauskas
Marijus Velička
Vaidas Kuzmarskis
Ieva Kačinskaitė-Urbonienė
Viktoras Fiodorovas
Executive SecretaryIngrida Karpuškaitė
FounderViktor Uspaskich
Founded18 October 2003
Registered25 November 2003
HeadquartersAnkštoji g. 3, Vilnius
Membership9727 (2022) [1]
IdeologyPopulism[2][3][4]
Political positionCentre[5] to centre-left[3]
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2021)[6]
European Parliament groupAlliance of Liberals and Democrats (2004–2019)
Renew Europe (2019–2021)
Non-Inscrits (since 2021)
ColoursBlue, White
Seimas
9 / 141
European Parliament
1 / 11
Municipal councils
82 / 1,473
Mayors
1 / 60
Website
www.darbopartija.lt

The Labour Party (Lithuanian: Darbo partija, DP) is a populist[2][3][4] political party in Lithuania. The party was founded in 2003 by the Russian-born millionaire businessman and member of Seimas Viktor Uspaskich.[7]

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  2. ^ a b Ramonaitė, Ainė (2006), "The Development of the Lithuanian Party System: From Stability to Perturbation", Post-Communist EU Member States: Parties And Party Systems, Ashgate, p. 76
  3. ^ a b c Auers, Daunis; Kasekamp, Andres (2015). The impact of radical right parties in the Baltic states. Routledge. p. 148. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b Richard Rose; Neil Munro (1 April 2009). Parties and Elections in New European Democracies. ECPR Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-9558203-2-8.
  5. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Lithuania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Lithuanian Labour Party quits EP's liberal group after leader's homophobic rant". 2 February 2021.
  7. ^ Saulius A. Suziedelis (7 February 2011). Historical Dictionary of Lithuania. Scarecrow Press. pp. 163–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7536-4.

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