Category:Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters (Lithuanian partisans)

The Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters or Movement for the Struggle for Lithuanian Freedom (Template:Lang-lt or LLKS) was a resistance organization of the en:Lithuanian partisans, waging a guerrilla war against the en:Soviet Union in the en:aftermath of World War II. The organization was established on February 10, 1949, during a meeting of all partisan commanders in en:Minaičiai village. en:Jonas Žemaitis (codename Vytautas) was elected as the chairman of its presidium. On February 16, the 31st anniversary of the 1918 en:Act of Independence of Lithuania, the Union adopted a declaration proclaiming itself to be the supreme political and military authority in Lithuania. In 1996, after en:Lithuania regained independence in 1990, the en:Seimas (parliament) recognized the declaration as an official act of the Republic of Lithuania and Žemaitis as en:President of Lithuania. The organization and the partisan war were suppressed by the Soviet security agencies by 1953.