Socialist People's Front
Socialist People's Front Socialistinis liaudies frontas | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Giedrius Grabauskas |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Merger of | Front Party Socialist Party of Lithuania |
| Headquarters | Kaštonų g. 4, Vilnius |
| Membership (2014) | 1,145 |
| Ideology | Marxism Socialism Democratic socialism Social democracy Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | INITIATIVE |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Continental affiliation | CPSU (2001) |
| Lithuanian parliament | 0 / 141 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 12 |
| Local councils | 0 / 1,526 |
| Website | |
| slfrontas.lt | |
The Socialist People's Front (SPF; Lithuanian: Socialistinis liaudies frontas) is a left-wing political association (formerly a party) in Lithuania formed in December 19, 2009, from a merger of the Front Party and Socialist Party of Lithuania. Held at Vilnius University, the party's foundation featured 102 delegates. The merger was approved by an affirmative vote of 96 delegates, with three against and one abstaining. The leader of the Socialist Party of Lithuania, Giedrius Petružis, refused candidacy for chairperson of the merged party, claiming a desire to return to academic life. The leader of the Front Party, Algirdas Paleckis, was unanimously chosen as the leader of the SPF.
In December 2017, the party was reorganized into a political association, as it was liquidated in 2016 for lacking the minimum required number of members for a party.
In late 2018, some of the senior members and several supporters split from the party, thus forming the Socialist Party.