Petr Duchoň

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Petr Duchoň (born on 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.

[edit] Education

• 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

[edit] Career

• Electron lithography research engineer, coherent electron beam source designer
• Began political career as Deputy Mayor of the metropolitan district of Brno Bystrč
• 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: European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)

[edit] External links

• http://www.petrduchon.cz Homepage (czech only)
• European Parliament biography of Petr Duchoň (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in Czech; PDF)