After the parliamentary elections in 2016, President Dalia Grybauskaitė appointed Saulius Skvernelis, an independent politician who had led the electoral list of Peasants and Greens Union, as the Prime Minister on 22 November 2016. The cabinet received its mandate on 13 December 2016. On April 22, 2017, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuaniaelected its new chairman, Gintautas Paluckas. After his election, Gintautas Paluckas stated that he will seek to change coalition agreement made in winter of 2016. By the summer of 2017 the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania disagreements on various issues became more pronounced. In July, 2017 the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania announced that it will conduct districts branches' opinion polling, which final results came on September 23, 2017. Majority of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania district's branches voted for withdrawal from coalition, but majority of party's political group members in Seimas disagreed with this decision. In return, majority of the party's political group formed political groups' coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. As new coalition lacked members, from October 2017 government became minority one. By the end of 2017, 12 members of 17, which belonged to the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania political group, formed Social Democratic Labour political group. On March 24, 2018 this political group became part of new Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania. On April 24, 2018, this party and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union formed an official coalition. By the summer of 2018, negotiations started between Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and the Order and Justice considering possible cooperation between them. On September 11, 2018, those parties signed a confidence and supply agreement. On May 29, 2019, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and Order and Justice chairmen Gediminas Kirkilas and Remigijus Žemaitaitis announced to public that talks about expanded coalition between these parties and Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has started. On June 7, 2019, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance council agreed that party should join these talks, which were concluded on July 5, 2019. New coalition lasted just for two months as the Order and Justice political group dissolved itself on September 10, 2019, when majority of the Order and Justice political group's members founded new political group called "For the Welfare of Lithuania". On September 19, 2019, this political group signed a confidence and supply agreement with coalition's parties. On October 23, 2019, the Order and Justice had been expelled from coalition. On May 7, 2020, Christian Union expressed their support to the government.
