Education
1986: Doctor of Medicine (Faculty of Paediatrics, Charles University, Prague.
1986: Doctor of Medicine (Faculty of Paediatrics, Charles University, Prague.
1986: Doctor of Medicine (Faculty of Paediatrics, Charles University, Prague
1986-1994: Doctor
1994-1998: Head of department at the Ministry of Health
1998: Deputy Minister of Health.
He was a Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists and sat on the European Parliament"s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. He was a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and a member of the Delegation to the European Union-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. Since 1995: Member of Obcanská demokratická strana (Civic Democratic Party) (Civic Democratic Party)
2000-2004: Member of the Obcanská demokratická strana (Civic Democratic Party) executive council
1998-2004: Member of Kolín Town Council
1998-2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czechoslovakian Republic and Vice-Chairman of the Chamber"s Committee for Social Policy and Health
Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament of the Czechoslovakian Republic to the Council of Europe.