- Petr Duchoň
Petr Duchoň (born on
6 September 1956 inBrno )is a Czechpolitician andMember of the European Parliament with theCivic Democratic Party ,part of theEuropean Democrats and is vice-chair oftheEuropean Parliament 'sCommittee on Budgetary Control and itsCommittee on Transport and Tourism .He is a substitute for the
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and a member ofthe Delegation for relations with the United States.Education
* Studied physics at Masaryk University (Brno)
* Completed postgraduate studies invacuum technology at the Czech Technical University, Prague, and a period of study inHeidelberg Career
* Electron lithography research engineer, coherent electron beam source designer
* Began political career as Deputy Mayor of the metropolitan district of Brno Bystrc
* Was later elected to the city council representing ODS (Civic Democratic Party)
* 1998-2004: LordMayor ofBrno
* Participation in a number of study visits concerning local autonomous authorities
* Fellow of theEisenhower Foundation "See also:"
European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic) External links
* http://www.petrduchon.cz Homepage (Czech only)
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* [http://www.ods.cz/eng/ Civic Democratic Party] (in English)
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