Lithuanian Regions Party
The Lithuanian Regions Party (Lithuanian: Lietuvos regionų partija, LRP), also translated as the Lithuanian Party of Regions, is a political party in Lithuania. 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.
Lithuanian Regions Party Lietuvos regionų partija | |
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| Abbreviation | LRP |
| Chairman | Jonas Pinskus |
| Vice Chairpeople | Juozas Bernatonis Ingrida Baltrušytė-Četrauskienė Petras Čimbaras Kęstutis Daukšys Elvinas Jankevičius Andrius Palionis Živilė Pinskuvienė Andrius Šedžius Irena Šiaulienė |
| Founder | Gediminas Kirkilas |
| Founded | 13 April 2018 (LSDDP) 29 July 2021 (LRP) |
| Split from | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania |
| Headquarters | Vilnius |
| Ideology | Social democracy Regionalism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Red, White |
| Seimas | 2 / 141 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 11 |
| Municipal councils | 57 / 1,498 |
| Website | |
| www | |
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