Zuzana Roithová (born 30 January 1953) is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She was vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.
She was a candidate in Czech presidential election 2013. In the 1st round of the election held in January 2013, she placed 6th with 4,95% (255,045 votes). She didn't qualify for the second round.
Having previously served as Minister of Health, Senator and as Chair of the European Movement in the Czech Republic, she is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism and a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.
Personal life
Roithová lives in Dvory nad Lužnicí in the South Bohemian Region.
Education
- 1978: Faculty of General Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
- 1997: Master of Business Administration, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
- Certificate of Professional Development in Healthcare Management (Executive Education), The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Decorations
- 1998: Charles University Jubilee Medal
Career
- 1979–1992: Hospital doctor
- Head of Prague Faculty Hospital (1990–1998) and Chairwoman of the Czech Association of Hospitals
- 1998: Minister of Health
- 1998–2004: Senator
- Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health and Social Policy (2000–2002), member of the permanent delegation of the Czech Parliament to the WEU
- 2000–2002: Chairwoman of the International European Movement in the Czech Republic
- 2001–2003: Deputy Chairwoman of KDU-ČSL (Christian Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party)
See also
- 2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic