Freedom Party (Lithuania)

Freedom Party

Laisvės partija
Freedom Party Laisvės partija
Abbreviation	LP
Chairperson	Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius
Vice Chairpeople	Romualdas Bakutis ; Daniel Ilkevič; Deimantė Kačinskienė ; Vytautas Mitalas ; Iveta Paludnevičiūtė
Founders	Aušrinė Armonaitė, Remigijus Šimašius and others
Founded	1 June 2019
Split from	Liberal Movement
Membership (2022)	3,313
Ideology	Liberalism;
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament group	Renew Europe
Colours	Pink and yellow
Seimas	0 / 141
European Parliament	1 / 11
Municipal councils	12 / 1,473
Mayors	0 / 60
Website
	www.laisvespartija.lt
	Politics of Lithuania; Political parties; Elections; ^ A: It has also been described as a centre-left and as a centre-right party.;

The Freedom Party^[5]^[6] (Lithuanian: Laisvės partija) is a political party in Lithuania placed in the centre^[2]^[3]^[7] on the political spectrum, founded on 1 June 2019 by former Liberal Movement member Aušrinė Armonaitė. She was leader from 2019 bis 2024. Leader since 30 November 2024 is Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius.

^ "Conservatives top Lithuania's party rankings". Lithuanian National Television and Radio. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ ^a ^b "Samoškaitė: How did the Freedom Party indirectly organise the Family Defence March?". Lithuania Tribune. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ ^a ^b O'Leary, Naomi (2022-08-03). "Why Lithuania is willing to risk China's fury". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-08-27. ...conservative-liberal Liberal Movement, and centre/centre-left Freedom Party when it came to power in 2020.
^ "Lithuania Has Voted for Change". Konrad Adenauer Foundation. October 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-06. [...] the centre-right parties (TS-LKD, LP, LRLS) voted into the Seimas were reluctant to address the issue of coalition formation.
^ "New liberal party to be founded in Lithuania". 17 April 2019.
^ "Home". laisvespartija.lt.
^ "Lithuania country profile". BBC. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-01-06. [...] and two centrist groups, the Freedom Party and Liberal Movement.