Hynek Fajmon is a Czech

Politics of the Czech Republic

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 politician

Politician

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 and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats

European Democrats

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 and sits on
the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on Budgets

Committee on Budgets

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He is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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, a member of the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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, and a member of Committee on Budgets.

On 27 September 2007, he published an article expressing a favorable view of the U.S. radio detecting base, at the time a very controversial topic in the Czech Republic.

Education

• 1992: Master's degree (Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles University
  Charles University in Prague
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  , Prague)
• Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
• London
  London
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   School of Economics

Career

• 1994-1997: Diplomat
• 1998: Adviser on NATO affairs to the Minister of Defence
• since 1991: Member of ODS (Civic Democratic Party)
• since 2001: Member of the ODS executive council
• since 1990: Member of Lysá nad Labem Town Council
• since 1996: Member of Lysá nad Labem Town Board
• 1998-2001: Mayor
  Mayor
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   of Lysá nad Labem
  Lysá nad Labem
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• 2001-2002: Deputy Mayor of Lysá nad Labem
• 2001-2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republichttp://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng
• 2001-2004: Member of the Committee for European Integration
• 2003-2004: Observer at the European Parliament, member of the Committee on Budgets

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

European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)

The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Czech Republic was the election of MEP representing Czech Republic constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election....

External links

• Civic Democratic Party (in English)