Jan Březina

For the Slovak poet, literary historian and theoretician, see Ján Brezina.

Jan Březina (born 14 April 1954 in Konice) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with KDU-ČSL, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He was elected for Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, but left the party in February 2012.^[1]

Jan Březina
Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic
In office 20 July 2004 – 30 June 2014
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-14) 14 April 1954 (age 70) Konice, Czechoslovakia
Political party	KDU-ČSL (1990–2012)
Alma mater	VSB – Technical University of Ostrava

He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe.

Education

• 1978: Master's degree in mining (VŠB Technical University of Ostrava)

Career

• since 1990: Member of KDU-ČSL (Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party)
• since 1995: Member of a district committee of KDU-ČSL
• since 2000: Member of the board of KDU-ČSL
• since 2000: Member of the KDU-ČSL national conference
• since 2000: Member of the KDU-ČSL national committee
• 1995-1997: Deputy Mayor of Uničov
• 1997-2000: Chief Executive of Olomouc District Office
• 2000-2004: Member of the Regional Assembly of the Olomouc Region and President of the Olomouc Region
• 2000-2004: Joint Committee with the EU Committee of the Regions
• 2004: Member of the Committee of the Regions
• since 1998: Participated in the drafting of the Czech Republic's strategy papers

See also

• 2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

Footnotes

1. Němec, Jan (8 February 2012). "Rána pro lidovce, známý europoslanec Březina je opouští". Aktuálně (in Czech). Retrieved 13 June 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Personal profile of Jan Březina in the European Parliament's database of members
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Czech)