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Pavel Svoboda

Pavel Svoboda

Czech politician and lawyer

This article is about the Czech politician. For the Czech organist, see Pavel Svoboda (organist).

Pavel Svoboda (born 9 April 1962) is a Czech politician and lawyer and from 2014 to 2019 a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Czech Republic for European People's Party representing KDU-ČSL.

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Early life and education

Svoboda was born in Prague and studied Law Faculty at Charles University. He also holds a D.E.A. degree from Université Sciences Sociales in Toulouse.

Career

From 2007 to 2009, Svoboda was an Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe.

From 23 January 2009 to 8 May 2009, Svoboda was minister without portfolio[1] and chairman of the Government's Legislative Council. In 2009, he was on the Czech government’s shortlist for the role of European Commissioner.[2]

In May 2014 Svoboda was elected Member of the European Parliament for KDU-ČSL, part of European Peoples Party. Subsequently he was elected Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).[3] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Simon Taylor (July 7, 2014), Reding to miss out on chair of legal affairs committee European Voice.
  2. [2]
    Curious Commission choices European Voice, November 11, 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Members elect chairs and vice-chairs of parliamentary committees". EP. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. [4]
    Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) European Parliament.
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