Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Egidijus VAREIKIS

	Egidijus VAREIKIS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Human Rights, Member ( 2012-11-20–2016-11-14 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2013-12-31 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2014-01-01–2016-11-14 )

Commissions of the Seimas

Petitions Commission, Member ( 2012-11-27–2016-11-14 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group, Member ( 2012-11-16–2016-11-14 )

Parliamentary Groups

Provisional Prayer Group, Head ( 2012-11-27–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Member ( 2012-11-27–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan, Member ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Austria, Member ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Armenia, Member ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Head ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Arab Republic of Egypt, Member ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, Member ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Latin America, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Slovakia, Head ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Turkey, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Iraq, Head ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of India, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the People's Republic of China, Member ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Ukraine, Deputy Head ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Canada, Member ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations in Support of Tibet, Deputy Head ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the French Republic, Member ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United States of America, Member ( 2012-12-06–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Moldova, Member ( 2012-12-06–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Slovenia, Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Hungary, Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Estonia, Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Nordic Countries (Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Iceland, Kingdom of Norway, Republic of Finland, Kingdom of Sweden), Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Western Balkan Countries, Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Italian Republic, Head ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Portuguese Republic, Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa, Head ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Latvia, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Bulgaria, Head ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group "For Human Dignity", Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Taiwan, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Swiss Confederation, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Romania, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group "For the Family", Member ( 2012-12-20–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group “For Historical Memory and Justice”, Member ( 2012-12-21–2016-11-14 )
Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Deputy Member ( 2013-03-04–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group "For Democratic Belarus", Member ( 2013-03-28–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Russian Federation, Member ( 2013-04-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Croatia, Member ( 2013-04-22–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Tadzhikistan, Member ( 2013-07-09–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for Supporting the Idea of the Underground in Vilnius, Member ( 2014-01-23–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Morocco, Member ( 2014-01-24–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for the Territorial Integrity of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) Countries, Member ( 2014-03-10–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for Relations with the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Member ( 2015-05-21–2016-11-14 )
Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Lebanon, Member ( 2015-06-08–2016-11-14 )
Tarpparlamentinių ryšių su Mongolija grupė, Member ( 2015-09-28–2016-11-14 )

History

Was elected to the Seimas 2000 – 2004.
Was elected to the Seimas 2004 – 2008.
Was elected to the Seimas 2008 – 2012.

Biography

Date of birth:	26 March 1958
Place of birth:	Kaunas, Lithuania

Education
1994–2000	Traineeships in Austria, Great Britain, Canada and Hungary
1992–1993	Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland
1990	Studies, Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada
	Studies, Milwaukee Marquette University, Wisconsin, USA
1989	PhD in Natural Science (Biochemistry)
1976–1981	Faculty of Chemistry, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University),
	Diploma in Bioorganic Chemistry
1965–1976	Secondary School No 7 (currently Šančiai Secondary School) in Kaunas, graduation with honours

Work experience
1998	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania
1997–2000	Head, Department of Political Science, Vytautas Magnus University
1996–2003	President, Lithuanian Atlantic Treaty Association (LATA)
Since 1996	Lecturer on international and national security and policy challenges in post-Communist countries, Vytautas Magnus University
1995–2004	Lecturer, Vilnius University
1992–1993	Adviser to a Minister of Foreign Affairs
1991–1992	Adviser on Defence and International Security, State Reconstitution Commission of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
1989–1997	Contributor, radio station Laisvoji Europa, television stations Baltijos TV and Kaunas plius, newspapers Lietuvos aidas, Kauno diena and Amžius, weekly journal Veidas, weekly newspaper Gimtasis žodis
1989–1991	Head, Review Unit, journal Naujasis židinys
1981–1989	Junior Research Fellow, Kaunas branch, Experimental Endocrinology and Hormone Chemistry Institute

Political career
	Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Since 2012	Member, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Committee on Human Rights
	Member, Petitions Commission
	Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group
	Substitute, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE); PACE Special Rapporteur on Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008–2012	Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
	Member, Committee on European Affairs
2004–2008	Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
	Member, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Committee on the Development of Information Society
	Member, Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; Chairman, PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure; Member, PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and Monitoring Committee; PACE Special Rapporteur on Moldova (2006–2011)
2000–2004	Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Committee on State Administration and Local
	Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
	Observer representing the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania at the European Parliament
1997	Member, Delegation for the Preparation for EU Accession Negotiations

Miscellaneous

Awards: Award from the International Catholic Press Union for journalistic activities and promotion of democratic values (1992); NATO Commemorative Medal (2002); Cross of Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2004)

Interests: diplomacy and parliamentarianism

Publications: books Dinozaurėjanti Europa: emociniai politiniai pasvarstymai (Europe Becoming a Dinosaur: Emotional and Political Contemplations) in 2002, Tarptautinis ir nacionalinis saugumas (International and National Security) in 2005 and other books; articles for various news websites

Foreign languages: English, Russian, Polish, German, French

Hobbies: the Internet, classical music, football, television

Family

Married with a son (1982–1996) and a daughter