Jan Zahradil

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Jan Zahradil (born on 30 March 1963 in Prague) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, Member of the Bureau of the European Democrats and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee. Jan Zahradil believes that both opinions should be heard about the climate change. He active promoted The Great Global Warming Swindle and warns against expensive actions that would bring no results. [1]

[edit] Education

• 1987: Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

[edit] Career

• 1988-1992: Research fellow
• 1992-1998: Member of the Federal Assembly, 1995-1997 foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister
• 1998-2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic[2]
• 1998: Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
• 1999: Vice-Chairman of the Committee for European Integration of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
• 2002: Representative of the Czech Republic at the Convention on the Future of Europe
• 2001: Vice-Chairman of ODS (Civic Democratic Party)
• 2002-2004: First Vice-Chairman of ODS
• Head of the Czech national delegation in the EPP-ED Group

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Jan Zahradil (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Czech)