Seimas

Seimas
Seimas
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	22 August 1922
Disbanded	suspended from 1940–1991
Leadership
Speaker	Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, LRLS ; since 13 November 2020
First Deputy Speaker	Jurgis Razma, TS-LKD ; since 13 November 2020
Deputy Speakers	Andrius Mazuronis, DP ; since 13 November 2020
	Vytautas Mitalas, LP ; since 17 November 2020
	Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, TS-LKD ; since 17 November 2020
	Julius Sabatauskas, LSDP ; since 17 November 2020
	Paulius Saudargas, TS-LKD ; since 17 November 2020
Leader of the Opposition	TBD
Structure
Seats	141
Political groups	Government (73) <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/H' not found.; color:;border:1px solid darkgray;"> Homeland Union (50); Liberal Movement (12); Freedom Party (11); Opposition (55) Farmers and Greens Union (32); Social Democrats (13); Labour Party (10); Non-affiliated (13) Mixed group (13) <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/E' not found.; color:;border:1px solid darkgrey;"> Electoral Action of Poles (3); Social Democratic Labour (3); Freedom and Justice (1); Green Party (1); Independents (5); ;
Elections
Voting system	Proportional voting with a 5% election threshold for 70 proportional seats (7% for coalitions) and run-off voting for 71 single-member constituency seats
Last election	11 and 25 October 2020
Meeting place
	Seimas Palace, Vilnius
Website
	www.lrs.lt

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: [Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), or simply the Seimas, is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania.

The Seimas either approves or rejects the candidate for the Prime Minister nominated by the President.^[1]

Its 141 members are elected for a four-year term.

Seimas Media

Sejm session at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, 1622
The location of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania in Kaunas (interwar period)
The Second Seimas in 1923
Vytautas Landsbergis was the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania
Vytautas Landsbergis near the primary doors of the Seimas Palace with the recently added Vytis above them, in 1990.
Saulius Skvernelis VRK.jpg

Saulius Skvernelis is the current Speaker of the Seimas.

References

↑ "Lietuvos Seimo galios" [Powers of the Seimas of Lithuania] (in lietuvių). Verslo Žinios. October 25, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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[1] "Lietuvos Seimo galios" [Powers of the Seimas of Lithuania] (in lietuvių). Verslo Žinios. October 25, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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