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Lithuanian Liberal Youth

Lithuanian Liberal Youth Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas

President	Umberto Masi
Founded	12 January 1991; 33 years ago (1991-01-12) ^[1]
Headquarters	Vilnius
Membership	2,600+^{[citation needed]}
Ideology	Liberalism
International affiliation	IFLRY, LYMEC, ESFL
Website	laisve.lt

Lithuanian Liberal Youth (Lithuanian: Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas, LLJ), is a political youth organization in Lithuania. It is the financially and organisationally independent of any political party. However, some prominent members of LLJ participate in active politics as representatives of political parties.

History

The organisation was unofficially established as Vilniaus liberalaus jaunimo klubas on 12 January 1991 and was officially registered on 1 December 1991. After being affiliated with Lithuanian Liberal Union until 1994, the organisation later decided to become an independent one. Even after this split many members of LLJ as Jonas Čekuolis, Gintaras Steponavičius and Aušrinė Armonaitė were elected to municipal councils and the Seimas as members of Lithuanian Liberal Union, Liberal and Centre Union and Liberal Movement.

Past leaders

Liberal leaders and officials who are alumni of LLJ include:

Current Member of Parliament and Minister of Economics and Innovations Aušrinė Armonaitė
Current Member of Parliament and Minister of Environment Simonas Gentvilas
Current Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys
Current Member of Parliament Ieva Pakarklytė
Former Chairman of the Liberal Movement, Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius
Former Minister of Science and Education, current MP Gintaras Steponavičius
Former Chairman of the Liberal Movement, MP and Minister of Transport and Communications Eligijus Masiulis
Councillor of Vilnius City Municipality Deimantė Rimkutė

Structure

Executive

The day-to-day management of the LLJ is in the hands of the LLJ Board, the members of which are:

President: Umberto Masi
Coordinator of Political Affairs: Martynas Baltramaitis
Coordinator of Finances: Vitold Dvorak
Coordinator of Bureau: Justina Golokvoščiūtė
Coordinator of Marketing and Partnership: Valerija Kozikaitė
Coordinator of Communication: Ilona Kumpytė
Coordinator of International Affairs: Izidė Marcinkutė
Coordinator of Events: Darija Šaranina
Coordinator of Education: Gabija Šeštokaitė
Coordinator of Sections: Simonas Voroblievas

Sections

Currently the Lithuanian Liberal Youth has 25 local sections. Every section has a local board and organizes regular general meetings, where local board members are elected and policy is decided. Every local member has the right to vote at the local general meetings. The sections are: