Milan Horáček

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Milan Horáček (born October 30, 1946 in Velké Losiny, then in Czechoslovakia), is a German politician, a founding member of the German Green Party, and a Member of the European Parliament.

From 1965 to 1967 his political activism got him into trouble with the Czech authorities, and after the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968, he emigrated to Germany. There he worked in industry and for a trade union magazine. From 1976 to 1981 he studied political science in Frankfurt, and in 1979 was involved in the establishment of Die Grünen. In the 1980's he was active in Hesse for the party, and was elected to the Bundestag in 1983. His main interests there were foreign affairs and security, Central and Eastern Europe and human rights.

Besides his political work, Horáček engaged in Czechoslovakian exile activities. He was publisher of the Czech exile magazine Listy ("Sheets"). In 1990 his Czech citizenship was restored and president Václav Havel hired him as an advisor.

As a candidate of the Green Party federations of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia he was elected to the European Parliament in June 2004. He also participates in activities of Green Party in the Czech Republic.