Lithuania

Parliament

Political system: Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament: Unicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Date of independence: 1990
Notes: No information available
Year of first woman in parliament: 1920

Notes: 1920: The first ever woman in the Parliament of Lithuania was appointed; the first elected women were in 1990, 14 women out of 173 Parliament members; it should be noted that these women were voted into the Soviet Supreme of the SSR Lithuania, which became the first legislature of Lithuania after the restoration of the country's independence on 6 September 1991
Year of first woman speaker: 2009

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1919
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Notes: When Lithuania was first independent, women were granted the right to vote in 1919. Under Soviet administration, women had equally the right to vote and this right was confirmed at independence, in 1990.

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: 1919
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: Universal

Notes: When Lithuania was first independent, women were granted the right to vote and stand for election in 1919. Under Soviet administration, women also had the right to vote and stand for election; these rights were confirmed at independence, in 1990.