Petr Duchoň

Petr Duchoň (born on 6 September 1956 in Brno)is a Czech politician and
Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party,part of the European Democrats and is vice-chair ofthe European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Controland its Committee 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 in vacuum technology at the Czech Technical University, Prague, and a period of study in Heidelberg

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: Lord Mayor of Brno
* Participation in a number of study visits concerning local autonomous authorities
* Fellow of the Eisenhower 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)