Michaela Šojdrová

Michaela Šojdrová MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014
Constituency	Czech Republic
Personal details
Born	(1963-10-28) 28 October 1963 (age 60) Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia (now Zlín, Czech Republic)
Political party	Czech Republic Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party  European Union European People's Party

Michaela Šojdrová (born 28 October 1963) is a Czech politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2014. She is a member of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party.^[1]

Career

Prior to entering politics Šojdrová worked at the head office of the Czech School Inspection. She was also employed in various other education administrative roles.

Šojdrová has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2014 elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on Culture and Education, where she is the EPP group’s coordinator.^[2] From 2014 until 2019, she was also a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Since her election, her work has focused on women's rights and gender equality.^[3]

In addition to her committee assignments, Šojdrová is part of the Parliament's delegations to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee as well as to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.^[4] She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability.^[5]

Parliamentary service

• Vice-chair, Committee on Culture and Education (2014-2017)
• Member, Committee on Culture and Education (2014-)
• Member, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (2014-)
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2014-)

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