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The Seimas is the Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
n parliament

Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom....
. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies (71), and the other half (70) are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of voting systems aimed at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive ....
. A party must receive at least 5%, and a multi-party union at least 7%, of the national vote to be represented in the Seimas.

The word "Seimas" comes from a Lithuanian word "Sueiga, suejimas" (which means gathering or meeting) it is also though that the Polish word "sejm" and Latvian "Saeima" comes from the word "Seimas".

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The Seimas is the Lithuania

Lithuania

Parliament

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Seimas Palace

Seimas Palace is the Lithuanian parliament named Seimas seat in Lithuania's capital Vilnius. Works on the construction of the first wing of palace were carried out in 1976....
was designed by architects Algimantas Nasvytis

Algimantas Nasvytis

Algimantas Nasvytis is a Lithuanian architect. He was active in the pro-independence Sajudis movement and served as Minister of Construction and Urban Development in the first four List of governments of Lithuania after Lithuania Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania from the Soviet Union....
, his brother Vytautas Nasvytis, and Robertas Stasenas.

Speakers of the Seimas

Speakers of the Seimas (1920–present)
Seimas	Speaker	Date started	Date ended
Constituent Assembly Constituent Assembly of Lithuania The Constituent Assembly of Lithuania was democratically elected in 1920 to draft and adopt the 1922 constitution of Lithuania....	Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis He began his theological studies in Kaunas and continued in Innsbruck, Austria. However, he decided not to become a priest and moved to the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in University of Halle....	May 15, 1920	October 6, 1922
First Seimas First Seimas of Lithuania First Seimas of Lithuania was the first parliament democratically elected in Lithuania after it Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16 1918....	Leonas Bistras Leonas Bistras Leonas Bistras was a Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor. He had studied medicine also.Bistras was elected to the 2nd Lithuanian Seimas representing the Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party....	November 13, 1922	March 12, 1923
Second Seimas Second Seimas of Lithuania The Second Seimas of Lithuania was the second parliament democratically elected in Lithuania after it Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16 1918....	Antanas Tumenas Antanas Tumenas Antanas Tumenas was a Lithuanian politician, teacher, professor of law, judge, Prime Minister of Lithuania in the 10th cabinet, Chairman of VLIK....	June 5, 1923	July 29, 1923
Second Seimas	Justinas Staugaitis Justinas Staugaitis Justinas Staugaitis was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop, politician, educator, and author. He Signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania to the Act of Independence of Lithuania....	August 10, 1923	January 27, 1925
Second Seimas	Leonas Bistras Leonas Bistras Leonas Bistras was a Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor. He had studied medicine also.Bistras was elected to the 2nd Lithuanian Seimas representing the Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party....	January 27, 1925	September 25, 1925
Second Seimas	Vytautas Petrulis Vytautas Petrulis Vytautas Petrulis was a Lithuanian politician, one of the main figures in the Lithuanian Christian Democrats party, and an accountant. He is often nicknamed "the father of the Litas" as it was during his term as Minister of Finance that the Lithuanian litas was introduced....	September 25, 1925	June 1926
Third Seimas Third Seimas of Lithuania The Third Seimas of Lithuania was the third parliament democratically elected in Lithuania after it Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16, 1918....	Jonas Staugaitis Jonas Staugaitis Jonas Staugaitis was the fourth President of Lithuania during the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'?tat?. He was formally elected for few hours as the Speaker of Seimas; as the highest-ranked official, he became de jure the President of Lithuania....	June 2, 1926	December 17, 1926
Third Seimas	Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis He began his theological studies in Kaunas and continued in Innsbruck, Austria. However, he decided not to become a priest and moved to the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in University of Halle....	December 19, 1926	April 12, 1927
Fourth Seimas Fourth Seimas of Lithuania The Fourth Seimas of Lithuania was the fourth parliament elected in Lithuania after it Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16, 1918. The elections took place on June 9 and June 10, 1936, a bit less than ten years after the Third Seimas was dissolved by President Antanas Smetona....	Konstantinas Šakenis	September 1, 1936	June 27, 1940
People's Seimas People's Parliament The so-called People's Parliament was a puppet parliament, elected to legitimize the annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union in 1940. According to the Soviet propaganda, the Lithuanian people, like the Estonians and the Latvians, had carried out a socialist revolution independent of Moscow's influence and had voluntarily requested admiss...	Liudas Adomauskas	July 1940	August 1940
Reconstituent Seimas	Vytautas Landsbergis Vytautas Landsbergis Professor Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian conservative politician and Member of the European Parliament of the European Parliament. He was the first head of state of Lithuania after Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania from the Soviet Union, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas....	March 11, 1990	November 25, 1992
1992–1996	Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Jur?enas is a Lithuanian politician and the former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school with a gold medal and entered Vilnius University from which he graduated in 1966.... (acting)	November 25, 1992	February 25, 1993
1992–1996	Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Jur?enas is a Lithuanian politician and the former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school with a gold medal and entered Vilnius University from which he graduated in 1966....	February 25, 1993	November 25, 1996
1996–2000	Vytautas Landsbergis Vytautas Landsbergis Professor Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian conservative politician and Member of the European Parliament of the European Parliament. He was the first head of state of Lithuania after Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania from the Soviet Union, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas....	November 25, 1996	October 18, 2000
2000–2004	Arturas Paulauskas Arturas Paulauskas Arturas Paulauskas is a Lithuanian politician. He was the Speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, from 2000 to 2006, and he served as List of Presidents of Lithuania from April 6 2004 to July 12 2004....	October 19, 2000	April 6, 2004
2000–2004	Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Jur?enas is a Lithuanian politician and the former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school with a gold medal and entered Vilnius University from which he graduated in 1966.... (acting)	April 6, 2004	July 12, 2004
2000–2004	Arturas Paulauskas Arturas Paulauskas Arturas Paulauskas is a Lithuanian politician. He was the Speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, from 2000 to 2006, and he served as List of Presidents of Lithuania from April 6 2004 to July 12 2004....	July 12, 2004	November 14, 2004
2004–2008	Arturas Paulauskas Arturas Paulauskas Arturas Paulauskas is a Lithuanian politician. He was the Speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, from 2000 to 2006, and he served as List of Presidents of Lithuania from April 6 2004 to July 12 2004....	November 15, 2004	April 11, 2006
2004–2008	Vydas Gedvilas (acting)	April 11, 2006	April 13, 2006
2004–2008	Viktoras Muntianas Viktoras Muntianas Viktoras Muntianas is Lithuanian politician, former Speaker of the Seimas.Viktoras Muntianas was born in Marijampole in 1951. In 1968 he finished school in Marijampole....	April 13, 2006	April 1, 2008
2004–2008	Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Juršenas Ceslovas Jur?enas is a Lithuanian politician and the former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.In 1955, he graduated from Ignalina secondary school with a gold medal and entered Vilnius University from which he graduated in 1966....	April 1, 2008	November 17, 2008
2008	Arunas Valinskas Arunas Valinskas Arunas Valinskas is Lithuania politician. He is the current Speaker of the Seimas since November 17, 2008. Previously he was a showman, TV producer and TV show host....	November 17, 2008	present

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