Laima Andrikienė
{{short description|Lithuanian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Laima Andrikienė
| image = Laima_Andrikienė.jpg
| caption = Andrikienė in 2015
| office = Member of the European Court of Auditors for Lithuania
| term_start = 16 November 2022
| predecessor = Rimantas Šadžius
| president = Tony Murphy
| nationality = Lithuanian
| education = Doctorate in Economics
| alma_mater = Vilnius University, University of Manchester, Georgetown University
| occupation = Politician
| party = European People's Party
| awards = {{plainlist |
- 25px Ordre national du Mérite
- 25px Independence Medal
- 25px Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- 25px Lietuvos kariuomenės kūrėjų savanorių medalis
- 25px Order of Honor
- 25px Orden de Isabel la Católica
}}
}}
Laima Liucija Andrikienė (born 1 January 1958 in Druskininkai) is a Lithuanian politician serving as member of the European Court of Auditors since November 2022.
Andrikienė is signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, member of Reconstituent Seimas (1990–1992), former and current member of the Seimas (1992–2000, 2020-current), former chair of Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seimas, former vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,{{Cite web|title=Council of Europe|url=https://pace.coe.int/en/pages/vice-presidents|website=coe.int}} former Minister of Industry and Trade, former minister of European Affairs, and former member of the European Parliament (2004–2014, 2016–2019) for the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) and European People’s Party, respectively.
Biography
Andrikienė was born in Druskininkai on 1 January 1958. In 1980 Andrikienė graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in Economics and Math. She worked as an engineer, an later as a research fellow, at the Lithuanian Institute for Research of Agricultural Economy. She successfully concluded doctoral studies in 1994. Andrikiene spent time as a Fellow at University of Manchester and as a Pew Economic Freedom Fellow at Georgetown University.{{cite web|title=Member of the Seimas 1996-2000|publisher=Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/seimu_istorija/w3_lrs.seimo_narys-p_asm_id=6&p_int_tv_id=784&p_kalb_id=1&p_kade_id=3.htm|accessdate=2 March 2016}}
Political career
In 1990 Andrikienė was elected to the Supreme Council of Lithuania and was a signatory to the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. In the elections in 1992, she was elected as the member of the Sixth Seimas through the electoral list of Sąjūdis.{{cite web|title=Member of the Seimas 1992-1996|publisher=Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/docs3/kad2/w5_lrs.seimo_narys-p_asm_id=6&p_int_tv_id=784&p_kalb_id=1&p_kade_id=2.htm|accessdate=2 March 2016}} In 1996, representing Homeland Union, she was elected for another term of the Seimas in Pramonės (17) single-seat constituency in Kaunas.
In December 1996 Andrikienė was appointed the Minister of the Industry and Trade for a short time. Later same month she was appointed a Minister of European Affairs.
Andrikienė left the Homeland Union at the end of 1998 together with her then-husband and fellow member of the Seimas Vidmantas Žiemelis. In 1999 they founded a short-lived Homeland People’s Party. In 2001 she joined the Lithuanian Union of the Right and in 2003 rejoined the Homeland Union.
In 2004 Andrikienė was elected to the European Parliament for Lithuania. She was elected from the electoral list of the Homeland Union and sat with the European People's Party. She was reelected in 2009 and was MEP up until 2014.{{cite web|title=LAIMA LIUCIJA ANDRIKIENĖ|publisher=Central Election Commission|url=http://www.2013.vrk.lt/rinkimai/426_lt/Kandidatai/Kandidatas70745/Kandidato70745Anketa.html|accessdate=2 March 2016|archive-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221220001/http://www.2013.vrk.lt/rinkimai/426_lt/Kandidatai/Kandidatas70745/Kandidato70745Anketa.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ|publisher=European Parliament|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/lt/28276/LAIMA+LIUCIJA_ANDRIKIENE_home.html|accessdate=2 March 2016}} As from 30 May 2016, Laima Liucija Andrikienė replaced Gabrielius Landsbergis (who stood down and took part in campaigning before 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election) as an MEP for her third term. She served up until 2019.{{Cite web|date=2016-06-06|title=Opening: minute's silence for Gianluca Buonanno {{!}} News {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20160602IPR30033/opening-minute-s-silence-for-gianluca-buonanno|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|language=en}}
She was a Member of the Committee on International Trade, Member of Sub-Committee on Security and Defense, Substitute Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, 1st Vice Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia and a Substitute Member of the Delegation for the relations with the United States.{{Cite web|title=8th parliamentary term {{!}} Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28276/LAIMA+LIUCIJA_ANDRIKIENE/history/8|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|language=en}}
In 2018 she won the International Trade Award of the Parliament Magazine’s Annual MEP Awards.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-29|title=MEP awards 2018: A word from the winners|url=https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/mep-awards-2018-a-word-from-the-winners|access-date=2021-07-21|website=The Parliament Magazine|language=en}}
In 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Andrikienė was elected to the Seimas. She was confirmed Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in January 2022.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-18|title=Laima Andrikienė patvirtinta Užsienio reikalų komiteto pirmininke|url=https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35403&p_k=1&p_t=279598|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Lrs.lt|language=lt}}
Andrikienė started a 6-year term as one of 27 members of the European Court of Auditors in November 2022.
Awards
- 1997 Ordre national du Mérite, France (Grand Officier)
- 2000 Independence Medal (Lithuania)
- 2003 Medal “Ubi concordia ibi victoria” of the Baltic Assembly
- 2004 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Commander’s Cross)
- 2007 Honoris causa, Kingston University
- 2008 Award of Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
- 2012 Lietuvos kariuomenės kūrėjų savanorių medalis
- 2014 Medal of Diplomacy, Taiwan
- 2014 Order of Honor, Georgia
- 2018 MEP of the Year 2018 (international trade) – "The Parliament Magazine"
- 2020 Orden de Isabel la Católica, Kingdom of Spain (Cruz de Oficial)
References
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Category:European Court of Auditors people
Category:MEPs for Lithuania 2004–2009
Category:MEPs for Lithuania 2009–2014
Category:MEPs for Lithuania 2014–2019
Category:Women MEPs for Lithuania
Category:Ministers and ministries responsible for European affairs
Category:People from Druskininkai
Category:Government ministers of Lithuania
Category:Women government ministers of Lithuania
Category:Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania