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Lithuanian Nationalist Union

The Lithuanian Nationalist Union, also known as the Nationalists, was the ruling political party in Lithuania during the authoritarian regime of President Antanas Smetona from 1926 to 1940. The party was established in 1924 but was not popular. It came to power as a result of the December 1926 military coup. From 1927 to 1939, the Council of Ministers included only members of the LTS. In 1936, other parties were officially disbanded, leaving LTS the only legal party in the country. At the end of the 1930s new members started bringing in new ideas, right wing and closer to Italian fascism. The party was disestablished after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940. A party of the same name was reestablished in 1990 and claims to be the successor of the interwar LTS.

History
The party was established during a conference in Šiauliai on 17–19 August 1924 as a merger of the Party of National Progress (established in 1916) and the Economic and Political Union of Lithuanian Farmers (established in 1919). The party did not enjoy popular support and in the May 1926 parliamentary elections won only three seats of 85. The new constitutions of 1928 and 1938 established a presidential dictatorship. Political opponents were suppressed. Ahead of the June 1936 election, other political parties were banned, leaving LTS the only legal party in Lithuania. In the 1930s, the party became increasingly radical and sympathetic to Italian Fascism but opposed Nazism. Major periodicals published by the party included Lietuvis (1924–28), Lietuvos aidas (1928–40), Mūsų kraštas (1930–33), and Vairas (1914–40). ==Chairmen==
Chairmen
The party's chairmen were: • Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (19 August 1924 – 29 June 1925) • Antanas Smetona (29 June 1925 – 26 December 1926) • Liudas Noreika (26 December 1926 – 4 August 1927) • Vincas Matulaitis (4 August 1927 – 1 October 1927) • Aleksandras Žilinskas (5 October 1927 – 1 February 1928) • Liudas Noreika (1 February 1928 – 30 May 1928) • Vytautas Vileišis (30 May 1928 – 2 October 1929) • Jonas Lapėnas (2 October 1929 – 1 June 1931) • Juozas Tūbelis (1 June 1931 – 5 January 1939) • Vladas Mironas (5 January 1939 – 2 December 1939) • Domas Cesevičius (2 December 1939 – 19 June 1940) ==Election results==
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