Petr Duchoň (born 6 September 1956 in Brno) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Transport and Tourism.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and a member of the Delegation for Relations with the United States. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Petr Duchoň in 2001 to represent the Czech Republic.
Education
edit- Studied physics at Masaryk University (Brno)
- Completed postgraduate studies in vacuum technology at the Czech Technical University, Prague, and a period of study in Heidelberg
Career
edit- Electron lithography research engineer, coherent electron beam source designer
- Began political career as Deputy Mayor of the metropolitan district of Brno Bystrc
- Was later elected to the city council representing ODS (Civic Democratic Party)
- 1998–2004: Lord Mayor of Brno
- Participation in a number of study visits concerning local autonomous authorities
- Fellow of the Eisenhower Foundation
See also
editExternal links
edit- Official website
(in Czech) - Personal profile of Petr Duchoň in the European Parliament's database of members
- 12-07-2004.PDF Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Czech)
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