Laima Liucija Andrikienė

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Laima Liucija Andrikienė, MEP

Laima Liucija Andrikienė (born 01 January 1958, Druskininkai) is an MEP for Lithuania from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Tėvynės sąjunga). She is a former Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Director at the Institute of EU Policy and Management at Law University of Lithuania, former Dean of Faculty of Public Management at Law University of Lithuania.

Ms Andrikiene also sits on the advisory board of EU-Russia Centre, and is author and co-author of publications (articles, academic monographs) on the issues of foreign policy, EU policies and management, interest groups and lobbying, economic reform, agricultural economics and human rights.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Budgets
• Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
• Substitute, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Belarus

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Vilnius (1980).
• Doctorate in Economics (1986).
• Associate Professor (2004).
• Fellowships at Manchester University, UK (1988-1989) and Georgetown University, Washington DC (1996).
• Honorary Doctor (Honoris Causa), Kingston University, UK (2007).
• Engineer at the Computing Centre of the Lithuanian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (1980-1983).
• Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute (1983-1989).
• Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania (1989-1990).
• Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science of the Law University of Lithuania, Director of the Institute of EU Policy and Management, Dean of the Faculty of Public Management (2002-2004).
• Member of the Lithuanian Supreme Council - Reconstituent Seimas (Parliament), Signatory of the Act of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, member of the Committee on Budgets (1990-1992).
• Member of the Parliament (Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania (1992-2000).
• Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (1992-2000).
• Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2000).
• Member of the Committee on European Affairs (1998-2000).
• Chair of the Lithuanian parliamentary delegation to the Baltic Assembly, Chair of the Presidium of the Baltic Assembly (1998-2000).
• Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Lithuania (1996).
• Minister of European Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (1996-1998).
• Member of the Lithuanian Popular Movement 'Sąjūdis' (1988-1993).
• Member of 'Sąjūdis' Seimas (Council) (1992-1993).
• Co-founder of the Homeland Union, member of its Board (1993-1998).
• Founder and Chair of the Homeland People's Party (1999-2001).
• Member of the Lithuanian Union of the Right (2001-2003).
• Member of the Homeland Union (since 2003).
• Member of the Party's Council (since 2006).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 2004).
• Member of the EPP-ED Group bureau (since 2007).
• EPP-ED Group coordinator on the Subcommittee on Human Rights (since 2007).
• Member of the Board of Directors of Vilnius Yiddish Institute (since 2005).
• Honours:

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the French Republic (1997),

Independence Medal of the Republic of Lithuania (2000),

Medal of the Baltic Assembly (2003),

Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2004),

Golden Sign of Honour of the Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists (2008).

• Author and co-author of publications (articles, academic monographs) on the issues of foreign policy, EU policies and management, interest groups and lobbying, economic reform, agricultural economics and human rights.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11E153

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45858

Email:

info@laimaandrikiene.lt

Website:

http://www.laimaandrikiene.lt

Resources

• EU-Russia Centre, Advisory Board, accessed 20 January 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Laima Liucija Andrikienė, accessed 20 January 2009.