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
Senator from Prague 10
In office 21 November 1998 – 20 July 2004
Preceded by	Milan Kondr
Succeeded by	Jaromír Štětina
Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic
In office 20 July 2004 – 30 June 2014
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-30) 30 January 1953 (age 71) 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 30 January 1953) is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She was 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.

Having 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]

Personal life

Roithová lives in Dvory nad Lužnicí in the South Bohemian Region.^[4]

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

• 2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

References

1. "Volba prezidenta republiky konaná ve dnech (Presidential Election held 11 January – 12 January 2013)" (in Czech). volby.cz. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
2. "Prague Declaration: Selected signatories". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
3. "About Us – Reconciliation of European Histories Group". Reconciliation of European Histories Group. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
4. "Zuzana Roithová doma ve Dvorech nad Lužnicí vyhrála" (in Czech). Deník.cz. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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 (in Czech)

Political offices
Preceded by Jan Stráský	Minister of Health 1998	Succeeded by Ivan David