Dr. Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ

Member of the Board, PA International Foundation 

Member of the Academic Council, Kazimieras Simonavičius University, 
Vilnius, Lithuania

EDUCATION & SCIENTIFIC DEGREES

Druskininkai Secondary School No 1 (finished in 1975); 
Druskininkai 7-year Music School, piano class (finished in 1973); 
Degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Vilnius (1980); 
Doctorate in Economics (1986); 
Associate Professor (2004). 

Manchester University, UK (sponsored by the British Council, October 1988 – September 1989); 
The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP, premier professional exchange program, U.S. Department of State)(November – December 1994);
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC (sponsored by the Pew Foundation, January – June 1996); 
Others: USAID, Norwegian Helsinki Committee (1994), etc.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Engineer, Computing Centre of the Lithuanian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (1980-1983); 
Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Lithuanian Institute of Agricultural Economics (1983-1989); 
Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania (October 1989 – February 1990).

MEMBER OF THE LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT (Seimas) (1990-2000):

Member of the Lithuanian Supreme Council – Re-constituent Seimas (Parliament); Signatory of the Act of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (March 11th, 1990); 
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 (1992-1996, 1996-2000), Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (1992-1996, 1996-2000), 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). 

POSITIONS IN THE LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT (1996-1998):

Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Lithuania (1996); 
Minister of European Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (1996-1998).

Founder and co-owner, JSC Laitenis (consultancy) (2001-2004).

ACADEMIC CAREER in 2002-2004:

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Law University of Lithuania; 
Director, Institute of EU Policy and Management, Law University of Lithuania;
Dean, Faculty of Public Management, Law University of Lithuania. 

MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (EP) (2004-2014):

Member of the EPP-ED (European Peoples Party – European Democrats) Group (Faction) Bureau (2007-2009); 
EPP-ED Group Coordinator in the Subcommittee on Human Rights (2007-2009);
Vice President of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights (2009-2012);
Member of the EP Committee on Budgets (2004-2009); Member of the EP International Trade Committee (2009-2014); Substitute Member of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (2004-2014), Member of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights (2004-2014); 
Co-Chair of the EURONEST PA Committee on Social Affairs, Education, Culture and Civil Society (2011-2014); 
Lithuanian nominee for the position of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EU SRHR) (2012).

OTHER PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

Member of the Board of Directors of Vilnius Yiddish Institute (since 2005); 
Member of the Academic Council of Kazimieras Simonavičius University (KSU) (Vilnius) (since 2012); 
Member of the Council of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lithuanian political party) (since 2004); 
Founder (2013) and member (since 2013), Association of the Friends of St James Ways in Lithuania; 
Member of the Board of PA International Foundation (since October 2014).

HONORS AND AWARDS

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the French Republic (1997); 
Independence Medal of the Republic of Lithuania (2000); 
Medal Ubi concordia, ibi victoria of the Baltic Assembly (2003); 
Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2004); 
Honorary Doctor (Honoris Causa), Kingston University, UK (2007); 
Golden Sign of Honour of the Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists (2008); 
Medal of the Founder and Volunteer of the Lithuanian Army (2012);
Diplomacy Award of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (2014); 
Order of the President of Georgia (2014).

PUBLICATIONS

Author and co-author of publications (articles, books, academic monographs) on the issues of foreign policy, EU policies and management, interest groups and lobbying, economic reform, agricultural economics, and human rights. 
Among others: “Contemporary Tendencies of Lobbying” (editor and co-author; Vilnius, 2003); “Values & Politics” (Proceedings of the International Conference; editor; Vilnius, 2007); trilogy “I, Laima Andrikienė, swear...” (Vilnius, 2008-2012); “The Light of St. James Way” (editor and co-author; Vilnius, 2012, 2013, and 2014); “Values & Politics II. Christian Roots of Europe” (Proceedings of the International Conference; editor; Vilnius, 2014).

LANGUAGES

Lithuanian – mother tongue; 
English – fluent; 
Russian – fluent; 
Spanish – sufficient.

Born 1st January 1958, in Druskininkai, Lithuania.

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