Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees


The Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees was a political party in Lithuania between 1990 and 2004. It represented interest of those repressed by the Soviet regime, particularly political prisoners and deportees to Siberia.

History

The party was established on 30 July 1988 as the Club of the Exiled, later becoming a political party. In the 1992 elections it ran on a joint list with the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the Lithuanian Democratic Party. The joint list won 18 seats, with the LPKTS taking 2. It ran alone in the 1996 elections, winning a single seat.
Audrius Butkevičius was an establisher and chairman of the party.
The party ran in alliance with the Homeland Union in the 2000 elections, with 19 of its candidates on the Homeland list. In 2004 it merged into the Homeland Union.