| Abstract [eng] |
The research object of the thesis is the activities of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Commission of Foreign Affairs, political groups and individual members and their impact on the foreign policy during period from 1920 to 1927, the relations between the Seimas and the Government solving the key issues of foreign policy, the guidelines of political groups and members of Seimas on the issues of foreign policy. The thesis also attempts to determine to what extent the Seimas was affected by the opinion of the society and the opposition. The impact of the democratic Seimas on foreign policy was different during each term of office due to the changing composition of the Seimas and the Commission of Foreign Affairs, the relations between the majority and the opposition, the experience of members of the Seimas in political and parliamentary activities, their education as well as personal qualities. It is the first study of this type in the Lithuanian historiography and the history of the parliamentarism. |
