Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania was a social democratic political party in Lithuania

Lithuania

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, that emerged out of the Lithuanian section of the CPSU

Communist Party of Lithuania

The Communist Party of Lithuania was a communist party in Lithuania, established in early October 1918. The party was banned in December 1926.-History:...

 in December 1989 LDDP was led by Algirdas Brazauskas

Algirdas Brazauskas

Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was the first President of a newly independent post-Soviet Union Lithuania from 1993 to 1998 and Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006....

, the first president of independent Lithuania. Because Brazauskas was elected as the first president, he was required to stop his activities in any parties. Adolfas Šleževičius

Adolfas Šleževicius

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 became the party leader and the Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Lithuania

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. After Šleževičius was charged with corruption, he was replaced by Česlovas Juršėnas

Ceslovas Juršenas

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The LDDP won the 1992 parliamentary elections, gaining 43% of the vote giving it 73 seats in the Seimas. In 1996 Seimas

Seimas

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 elections, LDDP got about 9.5% of the votes and won 10 seats in the parliament. In 2000 elections LDDP formed a coalition with other three parties named after Algirdas Brazauskas and won majority of the votes. In 2001, LDDP merged with the Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party to form the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania

The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. It is the oldest party in Lithuania, founded in 1896. The party's president since 2009 is Algirdas Butkevičius. The party led a minority government in the unicameral Seimas, Lithuania's...

(Lithuanian: Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija). The youth organization of LDDP was called Lithuanian Labourist Youth Union (Lietuvos leboristų jaunimo unija).