Education
1969: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law Faculty of Charles University, Prague.
Member of the European Parliament politician
1969: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law Faculty of Charles University, Prague.
1969: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law Faculty of Charles University, Prague
1959-1963: Foreign-language correspondent
1963-1969: staff of communist secret police - language teacher
1970-1989: Trade union lawyer
1989-1990: Lawyer
1990-1994: Vice-Chairman of the Czechoslovakian and Slovak Confederation of Trade Unions
1990-1998: Chairman of the Bohemian-Moravian Service Workers" Trade Union
1991-1992: Vice-Chairman of ČSSD (Czechoslovakian Social Democratic Party)
1994-2002: Chairman of the Bohemian-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions
1996-2004: Senator
1998-2002: Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czechoslovakian Republic
2003-2004: Observer at the European Parliament.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Mercosur. 1992-2002: Member of the administration of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
1993-2002: Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation
1995-2002: Member of the administration of the Trade Union European Confederation
1996-2004: Member of the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czechoslovakian Republic
2002-2004: Member of the Committee on Mandate and Parliamentary Privilege of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czechoslovakian Republic
2002-2004: Member of the Standing Senate Commission on the Constitution of the Czechoslovakian Republic.