Zuzana Roithová

Zuzana Roithová
Minister of Health
In office 2 January 1998 – 22 July 1998
Prime Minister	Josef Tošovský
Preceded by	Jan Stráský
Succeeded by	Ivan David
Personal details
Born	30 January 1953 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	Christian and Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party
Alma mater	Charles University Sheffield Hallam University

Zuzana Roithová (born on 30 January 1953 in Prague) is a Czech politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party. She is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.

She was a candidate in Czech presidential election 2013. In the 1st round of the election held in January 2013, she placed 6th with 4,95% (255 045 votes).^[1] She didn't qualify for the second round.

She has previously served as Minister of Health, Senator and as Chair of the European Movement in the Czech Republic.

She is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism^[2] and a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.^[3]

Education

• 1978: Faculty of General Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1997: Master of Business Administration, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
• Certificate of Professional Development in Healthcare Management (Executive Education), The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Decorations

• 1998: Charles University Jubilee Medal

Career

• 1979–1992: Hospital doctor
• Head of Prague Faculty Hospital (1990–1998) and Chairwoman of the Czech Association of Hospitals
• 1998: Minister of Health
• 1998–2004: Senator
• Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health and Social Policy (2000–2002), member of the permanent delegation of the Czech Parliament to the WEU
• 2000–2002: Chairwoman of the International European Movement in the Czech Republic
• 2001–2003: Deputy Chairwoman of KDU-ČSL (Christian Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party)

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

References

1. "Volba prezidenta republiky konaná ve dnech 11.01. – 12.01.2013" (in Czech). volby.cz. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
2. "Prague Declaration: Selected signatories". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
3. "About Us – Reconciliation of European Histories Group". Reconciliation of European Histories Group. Retrieved 1 August 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Personal profile of Zuzana Roithová in the European Parliament's database of members
• July 2004.PDF Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Czech)