Laima Liucija Andrikienė is a Lithuanian politician, Member of the European Parliament: Member of the European People's Party (EPP) Group, Member of International Trade Committee, 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.
Member of the European People's Party (EPP) Group; Member of the EP International Trade Committee; Member of Sub-Committee on Security and Defense; Substitute Member of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs; 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; Substitute Member of the Delegation for the relations with the United States.
Member of the European People's Party (EPP) Group (2009-2014); Member of the EPP-ED (European People's Party - European Democrats) Group (Faction) Bureau (2007-2009); 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); 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); 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)
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 Supreme Council - Re-constituent Seimas (Parliament) (1990-1992); Signatory of the Act of the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (11 March 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).
Member of the Board of Directors of Vilnius Yiddish Institute (since 2005); Member of the Academic Council of Kazimieras Simonavicius 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 October 2013), Association of the Friends of St James Ways in Lithuania; Member of the Board, PA International Foundation (October 2014 – May 2016); Founder and Council Member, Union of European Federalists, Lithuania (since 2012).