Pavel Svoboda

Czech politician and lawyer

Pavel Svoboda


Chair of the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee
In office 7 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
Preceded by	Klaus-Heiner Lehne
Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the Legislative Council
In office 23 January 2009 – 8 May 2009
Prime Minister	Mirek Topolánek
Preceded by	Cyril Svoboda
Succeeded by	Daniela Kovářová
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
Constituency	Czech Republic

Personal details
Born	Pavel Svoboda (1962-04-09) 9 April 1962 (age 62) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	Czech: KDU-ČSL EU: European People's Party (EPP)
Alma mater	Charles University Université Sciences Sociales in Toulouse

Pavel Svoboda (born 9 April 1962) is a Czech politician and lawyer and from 2014 to 2019 a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Czech Republic for European People's Party representing KDU-ČSL.

Early life and education

Svoboda was born in Prague and studied Law Faculty at Charles University. He also holds a D.E.A. degree from Université Sciences Sociales in Toulouse.

Career

From 2007 to 2009, Svoboda was an Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe.

From 23 January 2009 to 8 May 2009, Svoboda was minister without portfolio^[1] and chairman of the Government's Legislative Council. In 2009, he was on the Czech government’s shortlist for the role of European Commissioner.^[2]

In May 2014 Svoboda was elected Member of the European Parliament for KDU-ČSL, part of European Peoples Party. Subsequently he was elected Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).^[3] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)^[4]

References

^ Simon Taylor (July 7, 2014), Reding to miss out on chair of legal affairs committee European Voice.
^ Curious Commission choices European Voice, November 11, 2009.
^ "Members elect chairs and vice-chairs of parliamentary committees". EP. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
^ Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) European Parliament.