Eighth Seimas of Lithuania

The Eighth Seimas of Lithuania was a parliament elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 8 October 2000. The Seimas commenced its work on 19 October 2000 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 11 November 2004.

Elections

In the elections in 2000, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 8 October 2000. No run-off was held in single seat constituencies and the candidate with the most votes was declared a winner.
Liberal Union became the largest party in the parliament after winning 34 seats, followed by 29 seats won by New Union. The Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas won 51 seats, with the largest party in the coalition, Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, winning 26.
Two Modern Christian-Democratic Union candidates were elected in the proportional vote, having run on the lists of the New Union and the Liberal Union of Lithuania.

Activities

was elected as the Speaker of the Eighth Seimas. After the impeachment of Rolandas Paksas, Paulauskas acted as the President of Lithuania from 6 April 2004 until 12 July 2004. Česlovas Juršėnas acted as the Speaker of the Seimas during the time.
The Eighth Seimas saw an initial ruling coalition of Liberals and New Union, which lasted less than a year. By July 2001, New Union joined the Social Democratic Coalition, headed by Algirdas Brazauskas. Under the term of the Seimas, Lithuania joined the European Union and NATO.''

Composition

Parliamentary groups

During the first session of the Seimas the following parliamentary groups were registered: Social Democratic Coalition, Liberals, New Union, Homeland Union - Conservatives, Peasant and New Democracy Parties and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas.
Substantial shifts between political groups occurred during the term. In 2001, numerous members of Liberals political group either joined Independent political group or Homeland Union - Conservatives political group. In 2003 this political group merged with several members from Mixed Group and formed Liberal and Center political group. Similar process happened in New Union political group between 2002 and 2004, when numerous members moved to the Social Democratic Coalition or Liberal Democratic political group. By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.

Members

A total of 151 members served on the Eighth Seimas.

Name, Surname	Constituency	Electoral list	Parliamentary group	Notes
Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK	From 17 August 2004
Vytenis Andriukaitis	4. Žirmūnų	LSDP	SDKF	Util 24 July 2004
Audronius Ažubalis	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK	From 23 June 2004 until 28 June 2004
Ona Babonienė	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Gintautas Babravičius	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Zigmantas Balčytis	33. Šilalės – Šilutės	LDDP	SDKF
Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas	23. Aušros	LLS	LF NF LDF
Vydas Baravykas	69. Dzūkijos	LDDP	SDKF
Mindaugas Bastys	64. Šakių	LDDP	SDKF
Antanas Baura	49. Anykščių – Kupiškio	LVP	VNDPF
Juozas Bernatonis	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Kazys Bobelis	29. Marijampolės	LKDS	MSNG VNDPF
Bronius Bradauskas	59. Kaišiadorių – Elektrėnų	LDDP	SDKF
Jonas Budrevičius	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Sigita Burbienė	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Stanislovas Buškevičius	15. Kalniečių	JL	MSNG
Algirdas Butkevičius	68. Vilkaviškio	LSDP	SDKF
Jonas Čekuolis	Nationwide	LLS	LF
Jonas Čiulevičius	Nationwide	NS	MSNG
Gediminas Dalinkevičius	Nationwide	NS	NSF SDKF
Irena Degutienė	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK
Gintaras Didžiokas	Nationwide	SDK	VNDPF	Until 22 June 2004
Sergejus Dmitrijevas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Vytautas Einoris	46. Pakruojo – Joniškio	LDDP	SDKF
Vasilij Fiodorov	10. Naujosios Vilnios	NS	NSF MSNG
Kęstutis Glaveckas	16. Dainavos	Independent	JF LiCF
Petras Gražulis	31. Gargždų	LKDP	MSNG
Valentinas Greičiūnas	19. Danės	LDDP	SDKF
Algirdas Gricius	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Algimantas Valentinas Indriūnas	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Gediminas Jakavonis	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Povilas Jakučionis	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK
Jonas Jučas	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Rasa Juknevičienė	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK
Jūratė Juozaitienė	18. Panemunės	LLS	LF SDKF
Jonas Jurkus	38. Mažeikių	LSDP	SDKF
Česlovas Juršėnas	53. Ignalinos – Švenčionių	LDDP	SDKF
Vytautas Juškus	Nationwide	SDK	-	2 June 2004
Edvardas Kaniava	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Ramūnas Karbauskis	45. Šiaulių kaimiškoji	LVP	VNDPF
Vaclovas Karbauskis	34. Tauragės	NS	NSF
Edvardas Karečka	37.Skuodo – Mažeikių	LVP	VNDPF SDKF
Justinas Karosas	71. Lazdijų – Druskininkų	LDDP	SDKF
Algis Kašėta	70. Varėnos – Eišiškių	MKDS	JF LiCF
Gediminas Kirkilas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Dobilas Jonas Kirvelis	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF	From 3 July 2004
Audrius Klišonis	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Egidijus Klumbys	Nationwide	NS	MSNG
Gintautas Kniukšta	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Jonas Korenka	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Jeronimas Kraujelis	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Kęstutis Kriščiūnas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Stasys Kružinauskas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Andrius Kubilius	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK
Algirdas Kunčinas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Dalia Kutraitė-Giedraitienė	2. Senamiesčio	LLS	LF NF LDF	Until 25 February 2003
Kęstutis Kuzmickas	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Vytautas Kvietkauskas	1. Naujamiesčio	NS	NSF	Until 27 July 2004
Vytautas Landsbergis	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK	Until 22 June 2004
Saulius Lapėnas	62. Jurbarko	LLS	LF LiCF
Vytautas Lapėnas	Nationwide	LLS	LF LDF
Jonas Lionginas	8. Karoliniškių	LLS	LF LDF
Arminas Lydeka	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Alfonsas Macaitis	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Zenonas Mačernius	41. Kelmės	LDDP	SDKF
Eugenijus Maldeikis	Nationwide	LLS	LF LDF
Virginijus Martišauskas	32. Šilutės – Pagėgių	LCS	JF	Until 10 October 2004
Eligijus Masiulis	21. Marių	LLS	LF LiCF
Kęstutis Masiulis	Nationwide	TSLK	-	From 28 July 2004 until 16 August 2004
Algimantas Matulevičius	51. Utenos	LLS	LF LDF
Juozas Matulevičius	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Vitas Matuzas	26. Nevėžio	TSLK	TSLK	Until 12 March 2003
Alvydas Medalinskas	6. Šeškinės	LLS	LF	Until 25 February 2003
Nikolaj Medvedev	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Artūras Melianas	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Gintautas Mikolaitis	42. Raseinių	LSDP	SDKF
Dangutė Mikutienė	58. Trakų – Elektrėnų	NS	NSF
Gabriel Jan Mincevič	55. Širvintų – Vilniaus	LLRA	MSNG LDF
Algirdas Monkevičius	39. Akmenės – Joniškio	NS	NSF
Janė Narvilienė	36. Kretingos	ND	VNDPF SDKF
Saulius Nefas	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK	From 29 June 2004
Visvaldas Nekrašas	35. Plungės – Rietavo	LSDP	SDKF
Juozas Olekas	63. Suvalkijos	LSDP	SDKF
Vladimiras Orechovas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Rolandas Paksas	3. Antakalnio	LLS	LF LDF	Until 15 February 2003
Raimundas Palaitis	22. Pajūrio	LLS	LF LiCF
Juozas Palionis	67. Prienų	NS	NSF SDKF
Petras Papovas	52. Zarasų – Visagino	LDDP	SDKF
Artūras Paulauskas	24. Saulės	NS	NSF
Rolandas Pavilionis	Nationwide	NS	NSF	Until 1 July 2004
Artur Plokšto	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Aleksander Poplavski	57. Vilniaus – Trakų	NS	NSF LF LiCF
Vasilijus Popovas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Mykolas Pronckus	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Kazimira Prunskienė	54. Molėtų – Švenčionių	ND	VNDPF
Alfonsas Pulokas	47. Pasvalio – Panevėžio	LDDP	SDKF
Giedrė Purvaneckienė	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Juozas Raistenskis	7. Justiniškių	LLS	LF SDKF	Check
Alvydas Ramanauskas	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Jurgis Razma	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK
Algis Rimas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Klemensas Rimšelis	13. Centro	LLS	LF LiCF
Viktoras Rinkevičius	48. Biržų – Kupiškio	LVP	VNDPF
Rimantas Ruzas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF	Until 14 October 2002
Julius Sabatauskas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Alvydas Sadeckas	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Aloyzas Sakalas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF	Until 1 July 2004
Algimantas Salamakinas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Algirdas Saudargas	12. Aleksoto – Vilijampolės	LKDP	MSNG
Vytautas Saulis	50. Rokiškio	LDDP	SDKF
Eimundas Savickas	17. Pramonės	LLS	LF LDF
Romanas Algimantas Sedlickas	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Valerijus Simulik	25. Dainų	NS	NSF
Rimantas Sinkevičius	60. Jonavos	LDDP	SDKF
Algirdas Sysas	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Kęstutis Skamarakas	Nationwide	NS	NSF LDF
Egidijus Skarbalius	20. Baltijos	LLS	LF LDF
Artūras Skardžius	30. Alytaus	NS	NSF
Vaclov Stankevič	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Antanas Napoleonas Stasiškis	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK
Nijolė Steiblienė	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Gintaras Steponavičius	9. Lazdynų	LLS	LF LiCF
Ilona Stulpinienė	Nationwide	NS	NSF	From 2 July 2004
Eduardas Šablinskas	Nationwide	NS	JF
Irena Šiaulienė	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Gintaras Šileikis	27. Vakarinė	LCS	LF LiCF
Gintautas Šivickas	65. Kauno – Kėdainių	NS	NSF
Gražina Šmigelskienė	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF	From 23 June 2004
Raimondas Šukys	5. Fabijoniškių	LLS	LF LiCF
Vytautas Šustauskas	11. Šilainių	LS	MSNG
Dalia Teišerskytė	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF
Valdemar Tomaševski	56. Vilniaus – Šalčininkų	LLRA	MSNG LDF
Valerij Tretjakov	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Viktor Uspaskich	43. Kėdainių	Independent	MSNG
Jurgis Utovka	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Gediminas Vagnorius	40. Telšių	NKS	MSNG
Rimas Valčiukas	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Antanas Valys	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF	From 15 October 2002
Egidijus Vareikis	Nationwide	NS	NSF
Rimvydas Vaštakas	Nationwide	LLS	LF LiCF	Until 31 October 2003
Artūras Vazbys	Nationwide	LLS	JF TSLK
Domininkas Velička	Nationwide	LLS	LF NSF
Virmantas Velikonis	28. Aukštaitijos	LDDP	SDKF
Birutė Vėsaitė	Nationwide	SDK	SDKF
Julius Veselka	61. Ukmergės	Independent	MSNG VNDPF
Arvydas Vidžiūnas	Nationwide	TSLK	TSLK	Until 27 July 2004
Pranas Vilkas	Nationwide	LLS	LF LDF
Vytautas Zabiela	Nationwide	LLS	VNDPF	From 1 November 2003
Roma Žakaitienė	44. Radviliškio	LSDP	SDKF
Vladas Žalnerauskas	66. Kauno kaimiškoji	LLS	LF LDF
Henrikas Žukauskas	14. Žaliakalnio	LLS	LF LDF

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