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Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)

The Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) (Lithuanian: Tėvynės sąjunga (Lietuvos konservatoriai)), or TS-LK, is a political party in Lithuania. It was was founded in May 1993 by the right wing of the Lithuanian Movement for Restructuring (Sajudis), led by the transitional national leader Vytautas Landsbergis. Its current leader is former prime minister Andrius Kubilius.

It is conservative, a member of the International Democrat Union and the European People's Party.

In the 1996 national elections it secured 40% of the vote and returned 70 deputies to the Seimas, but in 2001 it was reduced to 8.6% and 9 deputies. After Lithuania's admission to the European Union it elected two MEPs in the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections, one of whom is Dr. Landsbergis.

See also: Politics of Lithuania, List of political parties in Lithuania

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