Seventh Seimas of Lithuania


The Seventh Seimas of Lithuania was the parliament elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 20 October 1996, with the second round on 10 November. The Seimas commenced its work on 25 November 1996 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 18 October 2000.

Elections

In the elections in 1996, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 20 October 1996. In those constituencies where no candidate gained a majority of votes on 20 October, a run-off was held on 10 November.
The elections were won by the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservative Party, which gained 70 seats, followed by 16 seats won by Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, which had decisively won the previous elections, ended up with only 12 seats.

Activities

was elected as the Speaker of the Seventh Seimas and served throughout the term.
The Seventh Seimas laid the foundations for parliamentary control in Lithuania. The Seimas and the Government also proceeded with the privatization of large public enterprises.

Composition

Parliamentary groups

During the first session of the Seimas the following parliamentary groups were registered: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives, Christian Democrats, Center, Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Social Democrats, Joint Group, Independent Group and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas.
Several splits occurred during the term. In late 1998 Laima Andrikienė and Vidmantas Žiemelis were ejected from Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives. They were followed by another 10 parliament members who formed the parliamentary group of Moderate Conservatives in 2000. In the same year, Modern Christian Democrats split from the Christian Democrats and Social Democracy 2000s split from the Social Democrats. However, similarly to the Sixth Seimas, the Seventh Seimas saw few defections across ideological borders, due to the vast gulf between ruling and opposition parties.
By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.
NameAbbr.Members
Homeland Union - Lithuanian ConservativesTSLK48
Christian DemocratsKDF12
CenterCF17
Democratic Labour Party of LithuaniaLDDPF11
Social DemocratsSDF7
Joint Group of the Peasants' party, the Christian Democratic Union and the National Party "Young Lithuania"JF5
Social Democracy 2000sS 20005
Modern Christian DemocratsMKD4
Moderate ConservativesNKF12
Joint Group of the Democratic Party and the National People's PartyDF3
Independent GroupNF2
OthersMSNG2

Members

A total of 151 members were elected to the Seventh Seimas, including 126 men and 25 women. Seimas had 137 members at the end of the term, as no new elections would take place in single-seat constituencies with less than 6 months of the term left.
Name, SurnameElectoral listConstituencyParliamentary groupNotes
Arvydas AkstinavičiusLSDPNationwideSDF
S 2000
Vilija Aleknaitė-AbramikienėTSLKTauragėsTSLK
Raimundas AleknaTSLKNationwideTSLKfrom 5 March 1997
Danutė AleksiūnienėLCSTrakųCFFrom 23 April 1997
Ignas AleškevičiusTSLKNationwideuntil 4 February 1997
Nijolė AmbrazaitytėTSLKNationwideTSLK
Laima AndrikienėTSLKPramonėsTSLK
MSNG
DF
Vytenis AndriukaitisLSDPŽirmūnųSDF
Alfonsas AndriuškevičiusTSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 24 April 1997
Jonas AvyžiusTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 7 July 1999
Audronius AžubalisTSLKFabijoniškiųTSLK
Alfonsas BartkusTSLKŠilalės ŠilutėsTSLK
NKF
Julius BeinortasLKDPNationwideKDF
Juozas BernatonisLDDPNationwideLDDPFFrom 1 May 1998
Egidijus BičkauskasLCSJustiniškiųCF
Kazys BobelisLKDSMarijampolėsJF
Vytautas BogušisLKDPNationwideKDF
MKDF
Mindaugas BriedisTSLKRadviliškioTSLK
Virgilijus Vladislovas BulovasLDDPNationwideFrom 1 April 1998 until 1 May 1998
Sigita BurbienėLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Stanislovas BuškevičiusJLKalniečiųJF
Algirdas ButkevičiusLSDPVilkaviškioSDF
Audrius ButkevičiusIndependentNaujamiesčioCF
MSNG
Vytautas Aleksandras CinauskasTSLKNationwideTSLK
Algis ČaplikasLCSNationwideCF
Vytautas ČepasLCSNationwideCF
Sigitas ČirbaTSLKNationwideTSLK
Regimantas ČiupailaLCSNationwideCF
Rimantas DagysLSDPNationwideSDF
S 2000
Sofija DaubaraitėTSLKNationwideTSLK
Irena DegutienėTSLKNationwideTSLK
Rimantas DidžiokasTSLKBaltijosTSLK
Roma DovydėnienėLSDPNationwideSDF
Juozas DringelisTSLKNationwideTSLK
Vytautas DudėnasTSLKNationwideTSLK
Jadvyga DunauskaitėTSLKAkmenėsTSLK
Vytautas EinorisLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Juozas GaldikasTSLKLazdijų DruskininkųTSLK
Povilas GylysLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Vincas GirniusTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 4 February 1997
Kęstutis GlaveckasLCSAlytausCF
Petras GražulisLKDPNationwideKDF
Arūnas GrumadasLCSNationwideCF
Romualda HofertienėTSLKMariųTSLK
Gražina ImbrasienėTSLKNationwideTSLK
Žibartas Juozas JackūnasTSLKNationwideTSLK
Kęstutis JakelisTSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 18 July 1999
Vladimir JarmolenkoTSLKDainavosTSLKUntil 21 November 1999
Česlovas JuršėnasLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Sigitas KaktysTSLKMažeikiųTSLK
Ramūnas KarbauskisIndependentŠiaulių kaimiškojiJF
Justinas KarosasLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Algis KašėtaLKDPVarėnos EišiškiųKDF
MSNG
MKDF
Povilas KatiliusLKDPNationwideKDF
Juozapas Algirdas KatkusTSLKNationwideTSLK
Gediminas KirkilasLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Vytautas Petras KnašysTSLKRaseiniųTSLK
Mindaugas KončiusLCSNationwideCF
Kazimieras Vytautas KryževičiusLKDPNationwideKDF
Andrius KubiliusTSLKNationwideTSLK
Saulius KubiliūnasTSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 17 November 1997
Elvyra Janina KunevičienėTSLKLazdynųTSLK
NKF
Rytas KupčinskasTSLKAleksoto VilijampolėsTSLK
Bronislavas Juozas KuzmickasTSLKGargždųTSLK
Kazimieras KuzminskasLKDPPanemunėsKDF
Vytautas LandsbergisTSLKKauno kaimiškojiTSLK
Vaclovas LapėTSLKSkuodo MažeikiųTSLK
Mečys LaurinkusTSLKNevėžioTSLKUntil 1 July 1998
Juozas ListavičiusTSLKKelmėsTSLK
NKF
Zygmunt MackevičTSLKNationwideTSLK
Stasys MalkevičiusTSLKPajūrioTSLK
Virginijus MartišauskasIndependentŠilutėsCF
Jūratė MatekonienėLTS and LDPJonavosCF
Antanas MatulasTSLKPasvalio PanevėžioTSLK
Alvydas MedalinskasIndependentŠeškinėsLRF
MSNG
Nikolaj MedvedevLSDPPakruojo JoniškioSDF
Rasa MelnikienėLCSNationwideCF
Gabriel Jan MincevičLLRAŠirvintų VilniausNF
Jonas MocartasTSLKNationwideTSLK
MSNG
NKF 		From 4 February 1997
Juozas OlekasLSDPSuvalkijosSDF
Romualdas OzolasLCSDzūkijosCF
Nijolė OželytėTSLKNationwideTSLK
NKF
Vytautas PakalniškisTSLKNationwideTSLK
NKF
Feliksas PalubinskasLKDPCentroKDF
MKDF
Petras PapovasLDDPZarasų-VisaginoLDDPF
Algirdas Vaclovas PatackasLKDPNationwideKDF
Dainius Petras PaukštėLSDPNationwideS 2000From 9 April 2000
Saulius PečeliūnasLTS and LDPKaišiadorių-ElektrėnųMSNG
DF
Simas Ramutis PetrikisTSLKNationwideTSLK
Elena PetrošienėTSLKNationwideTSLK
Algirdas PetrusevičiusTSLKNationwideTSLK
Rimantas PleikysTSLKSenamiesčioTSLK
NKF
Artur PlokštoLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Zigmantas PociusTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 3 November 1997
Mykolas PronckusLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Kazimira PrunskienėLMPMolėtų ŠvenčioniųNF
Naglis PuteikisTSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 4 February 1997 until 24 April 1997
Antanas RačasTSLKJurbarkoTSLK
Raimundas Leonas RajeckasTSLKAukštaitijosTSLKUntil 20 August 1997
Rasa RastauskienėTSLKAnykščių KupiškioTSLK
Arimantas Juvencijus RaškinisLKDPNationwideKDF
Jurgis RazmaTSLKNationwideTSLK
Rūta RutkelytėLCSNationwideCF
Liudvikas SabutisTSLKPlungėsTSLK
Joana Danguolė SadeikienėTSLKŽaliakalnioTSLK
Aloyzas SakalasLSDPAntakalnioSDF
Algimantas SalamakinasLDDPKėdainiųLDDPF
Algirdas SaudargasLKDPKaroliniškiųKDF
Algimantas SėjūnasTSLKAušrosTSLK
Jan SenkevičLLRAVilniaus - ŠalčininkųNFFrom 23 March 1997
Romualdas SikorskisTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 5 March 1997
Algirdas SysasLSDPNationwideSDF
Kęstutis SkrebysTSLKVakarinėTSLK
NKF
Sigitas SlavickasTSLKNationwideTSLK
Rimantas SmetonaLTS and LDPUkmergėsJF
Stasys StačiokasTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 18 March 1999
Česlovas StankevičiusLKDPNationwideKDF
Laurynas StankevičiusLDDPNationwideLDDPFUntil 31 March 1998
Antanas Napoleonas StasiškisTSLKNationwideTSLK
Alfredas Henrikas StasiulevičiusTSLKNationwideTSLK
Vida StasiūnaitėLSDPNationwideSDF
MSNG 		Until 8 April 2000
Ona SuncovienėTSLKNationwideTSLK
Rimvydas Raimondas SurvilaTSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 19 March 1999
Petras ŠakalinisTSLKNationwideTSLK
Petras Antanas ŠalčiusTSLKRokiškioTSLK
Saulius ŠaltenisTSLKNationwideTSLK
NKF
Kazimieras ŠavinisLCSDainųCF
Marija ŠerienėLKDPNationwideKDF
MKDF
Irena ŠiaulienėLDDPNationwideLDDPF
Gintaras ŠileikisLCSNationwideCF
Jonas ŠimėnasLKDPUtenosKDF
Albertas ŠimėnasLKDPNationwideKDF
Virginijus ŠmigelskasLCSNationwideCFFrom 15 May 2000
Antanas ŠvitraLPKTSKretingosMSNG
Kęstutis TrapikasLLSIgnalinos ŠvenčioniųLRF
CF
Sigitas UrbonasTSLKPrienųTSLK
Ignacas Stasys UždavinysLKDPNationwideKDF
Gediminas VagnoriusTSLKTelšiųTSLK
NKF
Alfonsas VaišnorasTSLKŠilainiųTSLK
MSNG
NKF
Kęstutis VaitukaitisLCSNationwideCFUntil 14 May 2000
Albinas VaižmužisLVPBiržų KupiškioNF
Jonas ValatkaLSDPNationwideSDF
S 2000
Virmantas VelikonisLDDPAukštaitijosLDDPFFrom 21 December 1997
Arvydas VidžiūnasTSLKŠakiųTSLK
Vladas VilimasTSLKKauno KėdainiųTSLK
Birutė Teodora VisokavičienėTSLKSaulėsTSLK
NKF
Vytenis Albertas ZabukasTSLKDanėsTSLK
Emanuelis ZingerisTSLKNationwideTSLK
Rolandas ZuozaLSDPNationwideSDF
S 2000
Vidmantas ŽiemelisTSLKNationwideTSLK
MSNG
DF
Algis ŽvaliauskasTSLKNationwideTSLK