Tenth Seimas of Lithuania


The Tenth Seimas of Lithuania was a parliament elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 12 October 2008, with the run-off on 26 October. The Seimas commenced its work on 17 November 2008 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 14 November 2012.

Elections

In the elections in 2008, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 12 October 2008. Run-off elections were held on 26 October in the single-seat constituencies where no candidate secured a seat in the first round.

Activities

Homeland Union was the largest party in the Tenth Seimas and formed a coalition government with the populist National Resurrection Party, Liberal Movement and Liberal and Centre Union. TV producer and showman Arūnas Valinskas of the National Resurrection Party was elected the Speaker of the Seimas. Ten months later, on 15 September 2009, he was removed from office in a secret ballot and two days later was replaced by Irena Degutienė of the Homeland Union, who became the first female Speaker of the Seimas.
The Seimas approved the leader of the Homeland Union Andrius Kubilius as the Prime Minister. Kubilius led the Government throughout the term.
The term of the Tenth Seimas was plagued a severe economic crisis and the busting of the housing bubble. The Seimas and the Government responded with a wide-ranging tax reform, changing over 60 laws in the final days of 2008, including increasing the VAT rate and eliminating exceptions for certain products and services, increasing the corporate income tax rate, excise taxes of fuel, cigarettes and alcohol, and lowering the personal income tax rate. Due to its rushed nature the reform was much-criticized by experts and tax payers and many of the laws were later adjusted.
The reforms, together with the economic crisis and severe austerity measures, including cuts to public-sector salaries and pensions, brought about widespread dissatisfaction and protests. On 16 January 2009, more than 7,000 people gathered in front of the Seimas Palace in a protest that soon turned violent.
In the energy sector, the Seimas dissolved the energy holding company LEO LT that was expected to build the new Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant. However, the parliament approved a different project to build the power plant, with the Japanese company Hitachi as a strategic investor. The proposal failed to win an approval from Lithuanian voters in a referendum in 2012.
Several members of the Tenth Seimas were indicted for various offences, but only one was impeached and removed from office. Linas Karalius lost his mandate after taking a vacation while the Seimas was in session and having another member of the parliament, Aleksandras Sacharukas, vote in his name. Sacharucas was also indicted but narrowly won the impeachment vote.

Composition

Parliamentary groups

After the elections, the parliamentary groups were formed in the Seimas, largely on the party lines: Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Labour Party, Liberal and Centre Union, Liberal Movement, Order and Justice, Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, National Resurrection Party and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas.
In Summer 2009, the National Resurrection Party parliamentary group, which had been part of the ruling coalition, split into "One Lithuania" and Oak parliamentary groups. The former eventually former Christian Party parliamentary group, while the latter joined with the Liberal and Centre Union.
By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.

Members

A total of 154 members served on the Tenth Seimas.
Name, SurnameConstituencyElectoral listParliamentary groupNotes
Remigijus AčasNationwideTTFTTUntil 9 April 2011
Mantas AdomėnasSenamiesčioTSTSLKDF
Vilija Aleknaitė-AbramikienėŽirmūnųTSTSLKDF
Raimundas AleknaNationwideTSUntil 17 November 2008
Vytenis AndriukaitisNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Arvydas AnušauskasNationwideTSTSLKDF
Petras AuštrevičiusNationwideLRLSLSF
Audronius AžubalisŠeškinėsTSTSLKDF
Vincas BabiliusNationwideTPPTPPF
ĄF
TPPF
LCSF
Vaidotas BacevičiusKretingosTSTSLKDF
Zigmantas BalčytisŠilalės-ŠilutėsLSDPLSDPFUntil 28 June 2009
Virginija BaltraitienėKėdainiųDPDPF
Dailis Alfonsas BarakauskasNationwideTTFTTFrom 18 November 2008
Mindaugas BastysŠakiųLSDPLSDPF
Rima BaškienėŠiaulių kaimiškojiLVLSMSNG
Asta BaukutėNationwideTPPTPPF
ĄF
TPPF
MSNG
Antanas BauraAnykščių-KupiškioLVLSMSNG
Danutė BekintienėKaroliniškiųTSTSLKDF
Agnė BilotaitėNationwideTSTSLKDF
Vilija BlinkevičiūtėNationwideLSDPLSDPFUntil 28 June 2009
Vytautas BogušisNationwideLCSLCSF
Bronius BradauskasKaišiadorių-ElektrėnųLSDPLSDPF
Saulius BucevičiusAkmenės-JoniškioDPDPF
Dainius BudrysNationwideTPPTPPF
ĄF
TPPF
LCSF
LSDPF
Valentinas BukauskasNationwideDPDPF
Andrius BurbaNationwideTPPLCSFFrom 18 November 2010
Algirdas ButkevičiusVilkaviškioLSDPLSDPF
Algis ČaplikasNationwideLCSLCSF
Vida Marija ČigriejienėPanemunėsTSTSLKDF
Rimantas DagysŠilainiųTSTSLKDF
Kęstutis DaukšysNationwideDPDPF
Julius DautartasNevėžioTSTSLKDF
Irena DegutienėNaujamiesčioTSTSLKDF
Laimontas DiniusNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF
LSF
Algimantas DumbravaZarasų-VisaginoTTFTT
Arimantas DumčiusKalniečiųTSTSLKDF
Audrius EndzinasŠilutės-PagėgiųLRLSLSF
Vytautas GalvonasNationwideTTFTT
Vytautas GapšysNationwideDPDPF
Vydas GedvilasNationwideDPDPF
Stanislovas GiedraitisMažeikiųIndependentLSDPF
Kęstutis GlaveckasDainavosLRLSLSF
Loreta GraužinienėNationwideDPDPF
Petras GražulisGargždųTTFTT
Vytautas GrubliauskasDanėsLRLSLSFUntil 11 April 2011
Juozas ImbrasasNationwideTTUntil 17 November 2008
Jonas JagminasPlungės-RietavoLSDPLSDPF
MSNG
Donatas JankauskasKauno kaimiškojiTSTSLKDF
Edmundas JonylaRaseiniųLSDPLSDPF
Rasa JuknevičienėŽaliakalnioTSTSLKDF
Jonas JuozapaitisPakruojo-JoniškioLSDPLSDPF
Evaldas JurkevičiusBaltijosTSTSLKDF
Česlovas JuršėnasNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Linas KaraliusNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF 		Until 11 November 2010
Justinas KarosasLazdijų-DruskininkųLSDPLSPDFUntil 6 June 2012
Algis KašėtaVarėnos-EišiškiųLRLSLSF
Algis KazulėnasRokiškioTSTSLKDF
Ligitas KernagisNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF
Gediminas KirkilasNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Egidijus KlumbysNationwideTTFTT
Kęstas KomskisNationwideTTFTT
Jonas KondrotasNationwideDPMSNG
DPF 		From 12 April 2011
Andrius KubiliusAntakalnioTSTSLKDF
Dalia KuodytėNationwideLRLSLSF
Rytas KupčinskasAleksoto-VilijampolėsTSTSLKDF
Vytautas KurpuvesasNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF
MSNG
Kazimieras KuzminskasNationwideTSTSLKDF
Evaldas LementauskasNationwideTTMSNG
Arminas LydekaNationwideLCSLCSF
MSNG
LSF
Jonas LiesysTrakų-ElektrėnųLCSLCSF
Petras LuomanasAukštaitijosTSTSLKDF
Michal MackevičŠirvintų-VilniausLLRAMSNG
FTT
Vincė Vaidevutė MargevičienėCentroTSTSLKDF
Eligijus MasiulisMariųLRLSLSF
Kęstutis MasiulisKelmėsTSTSLKDF
Antanas MatulasPasvalio-PanevėžioTSTSLKDF
Vitas MatuzasNationwideTSTSLKDF
Andrius MazuronisNationwideTTFTT
Valentinas MazuronisNationwideTTFTT
Donalda MeiželytėNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF
Artūras MelianasNaujosios VilniosLCSLCSF
Dangutė MikutienėNationwideDPDPF
Albinas MitrulevičiusMarijampolėsLSDPLSDPFFrom 27 February 2011
Jaroslav NarkevičVilniaus-TrakųLLRAMSNG
FTT
Gediminas NavaitisNationwideLRLSLSF
MSNG
Antanas NedzinskasDzūkijosTPPTPPF
ĄF
TPPF
LCSF
Juozas OlekasNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Juozas PalionisPrienųLSDPLSDPFUntil 17 October 2011
Bronius PaužaJurbarkoLSDPLSDPF
Marija Aušrinė PavilionienėNationwideLSDPLSDPFFrom 7 July 2009
Saulius PečeliūnasNationwideTSTSLKDF
Almantas PetkusTelšiųTTFTT
Milda PetrauskienėNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Jonas PinskusNationwideDPDPFUntil 12 April 2011
Edmundas PupinisUtenosTSTSLKDF
Naglis PuteikisDanėsTSMSNG
TSLKDF 		From 26 July 2011
Auksutė Ramanauskaitė-SkokauskienėNationwideTSTSLKDF
Konstantas RamelisIgnalinos-ŠvenčioniųLVLSMSNGFrom 20 July 2011
Jonas RamonasNationwideTTFTT
KPF
Jurgis RazmaNationwideTSTSLKDF
Algis RimasMarijampolėsLSDPLSDPFUntil 9 August 2010
Rimas Antanas RučysNationwideTTFTT
Rūta RutkelytėNationwideTSTSLKDFFrom 18 November 2008
Julius SabatauskasNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Liudvikas SabutisNationwideTSTSLKDF
Aleksandr SacharukNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF 		From 18 November 2008
Algimantas SalamakinasRadviliškioLSDPLSDPF
Paulius SaudargasJustiniškiųTSTSLKDF
Valerijus SimulikDainųNSMSNG
TPPF
FVL
MSNG
LSDPF
Rimantas SinkevičiusJonavosLSDPLSDPF
Algirdas SysasNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Rimantas SmetonaNationwideTTFTT
Gintaras SongailaNationwideTSTSLKDF
MSNG
Aurelija StancikienėNationwideTSTSLKDF
MSNG
Jonas StanevičiusSkuodo-MažeikiųIndependentTPPF
FVL
KPF
Česlovas Vytautas StankevičiusNationwideTSTSLKDF
Kazys StarkevičiusPramonėsTSTSLKDF
Gintaras SteponavičiusLazdynųLRLSLSF
Arūnė StirblytėVakarinėTPPTPPF
ĄF
TPPF
LCSF
Saulius StomaNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
TSLKDF
MSNG
Valentinas StundysMolėtų-ŠvenčioniųTSTSLKDF
Stasys ŠedbarasTauragėsTSTSLKDF
Andrius ŠedžiusSaulėsLSDPLSDPF
MSNG
Irena ŠiaulienėNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Žilvinas ŠilgalisNationwideLCSLCSF
MSNG
Jonas ŠimėnasNationwideTSTSLKDF
Raimondas ŠukysFabijoniškiųLCSLCSF
Leonard TalmontVilniaus-ŠalčininkųLLRAFTTFrom 24 November 2009
Erikas TamašauskasNationwideLRLSLSF
Daiva TamošiūnaitėNationwideTPPUntil 17 November 2008
Dalia TeišerskytėNationwideLRLSLSF
Valdemar TomaševskiVilniaus-ŠalčininkųLLRAMSNG
FTT 		Until 21 June 2009
Kazimieras UokaNationwideTSTSLKDF
MSNG
Justinas UrbanavičiusKauno-KėdainiųTSTSLKDF
Viktor UspaskichNationwideDPDPFUntil 15 June 2009
Zita UžlytėAlytausTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF
Arūnas ValinskasNationwideTPPTPPF
ĄF
TPPF
LCSF
Ingrida ValinskienėNationwideTPPTPPF
ĄF
TPPF
LCSF
Ona ValiukevičiūtėNationwideTTFTT
Valdemaras ValkiūnasBiržų-KupiškioIndependentLCSF
ĄF
TPPF
FVL
KPF
MSNG
LCSF
MSNG
Mantas VaraškaSuvalkijosIndependentTPPF
FVL
KPF
TSLKDF
MSNG
Egidijus VareikisNationwideTSTSLKDF
Julius VeselkaUkmergėsTTFTT
Birutė VėsaitėNationwideLSDPLSDPF
Arvydas VidžiūnasNationwideTSTSLKDF
Mečislovas ZasčiurinskasNationwideDPDPF
Emanuelis ZingerisNationwideTSTSLKDF
Artūras ZuokasNationwideLCSLCSFUntil 30 November 2009
Agnė ZuokienėNationwideLCSMSNGFrom 8 December 2009
Edvardas ŽakarisAušrosLSDPLSDPF
Pranas ŽeimysPajūrioTSTSLKDF
Remigijus ŽemaitaitisŠilalės-ŠilutėsTTFTTFrom 8 December 2009
Vidmantas ŽiemelisNationwideTSTSLKDF
KPF
Rokas ŽilinskasNationwideTPPTPPF
FVL
KPF
MSNG
TSLKDF