Landsbergis, who has been Lithuania’s international minister since December 2020, has vocally supported Ukraine’s resistance in opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion.
Lithuania’s opposition Social Democratic Celebration (LSDP) gained parliamentary elections Sunday, pushing out Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and her incumbent Homeland Union — Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD).
The middle-left LSDP secured a decisive 52-seat majority, positioning it to guide the federal government. In the meantime, the center-right TS-LKD noticed a big drop, successful solely 28 seats in comparison with the 49 held after the 2020 elections.
Landsbergis introduced that he’ll take a break from politics and move on the mandate within the parliament to the following politician on his celebration’s record. He’ll go away his function because the nation’s international minister after the brand new authorities is fashioned.
“Because the sign just isn’t solely to the political power but additionally to me personally, I’m taking the choice to take a break in my political profession and to move on the mandate, which I’m very grateful to the citizens for, to the following colleague on the record,” he stated.
Again in August, Landsbergis halted his extensively anticipated bid to be a European commissioner. The transfer got here amid a bitter rift between Landsbergis, one of many Baltic area’s most well-known political figures, and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda who refused to help him.