Seimas
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas, is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania.
Seimas | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 22 August 1922 |
Disbanded | suspended from 1940–1991 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
First Deputy Speaker | |
Deputy Speakers | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
Structure | |
Seats | 141 |
Political groups | Government (73)
Opposition (55)
Non-affiliated (13)
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Elections | |
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 | |
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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 Third Seimas of Lithuania in 1926
Vytautas Landsbergis was the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania
Vytautas Landsbergis near the primary Seimas door with the recently added Vytis above them, in 1990.
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen 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.