Liberals' Movement (Lithuania)

The Liberals' Movement (Lithuanian: Liberalų sąjūdis; LS) is a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania.

The party was founded in 2006 by dissident members of the Liberal and Centre Union that were unhappy with Artūras Zuokas's leadership.

In the summer of 2006, the Liberal Movement started cooperating with the Homeland Union (as the Liberal and Centre Union) before joining the Kirkilas Cabinet. In the 2007 municipal elections the party received 4.66 per cent of the national vote.

In the legislative elections of 2008, it gained 11 seats in the Seimas and 5.72 percent of the national vote. The LRLS formed a coalition with the Homeland Union, the Liberal and Centre Union, and the National Resurrection Party. This coalition gained a combined governmental majority of 80 out of 141 seats in the Seimas, led by Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius of the Homeland Union. At the subsequent elections of 2012, the party lost one seat to finish with 10 seats in the Seimas and 8.57 percent of the national vote.

Just month before the 2011 municipal election, the party started to describe itself as "rational mind right-wingers" (Lithuanian: sveiko proto dešinieji), which amplified the possibility to win over the Liberal and Centre Union and the Homeland Union. The party's support started to grow. In the 2014 European Parliament election and the 2015 municipal election the party received 16.55 and 15.49 per cent of the national vote respectively. This growth was mainly at expense of the Liberal and Centre Union and the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals), which received 1.48 and per 4.91 cent of national vote 2014 and 2015 elections respectively. It was also attributed to the previously undecided voters or voters of other parties (the Homeland Union, the Order and Justice and Labour Party).

After the party's leader Eligijus Masiulis allegedly took a bribe of 106,000 euros, Antanas Guoga temporarily took his position on 13 May 2016. He was the chairman for four days only before resigning. One month later, the mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius was elected as party's chairman.

The Šimašius leadership did not last long, and in 2017 Eugenijus Gentvilas was elected as the new leader.

In preparations for the 2019 municipal elections, several district committees (most notably in Vilnius, Klaipėda and Varėna districts) decided to form public election committees. The Liberal Movement Board annulled their district committees' decisions. In return, the leaders of the district committees of Vilnius, Klaipėda and Varėna districts (Aušrinė Armonaitė, Vytautas Grubliauskas and Algis Kašėta respectively) resigned from their positions or left the party altogether.