Josef Řihák (born 25 April 1959 in

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

) is a

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politician. Řihák is a member of

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and the Assembly of the

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. He is also a former member of

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and a former

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Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

. Řihák is a graduate at Brno agricultural college, he worked vet, specializing in food hygiene and agricultural ecology. He was elected into the Assembly of the

in 2000 for the

Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party ( cs, Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD, ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a m ...

, two years later he was also elected into the Příbram assembly and became the city council member under mayor Ivan Fuksa. In 2002, he was also elected into the

and was re-elected in 2006. He is a member of the agricultural committee of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2006 he led the Příbram social democrats in the municipal elections. The party gained two more seats in comparison to the 2002 elections. After two-weeks negotiations, Řihák was elected new city mayor by a coalition Social Democrats and

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, supported by

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deputies. He then promised to leave his Central-Bohemian region's assembly seat.Czech Press Agency article
(in Czech) Řihák is married and has a son and a daughter.

Footnotes

External links

Řihák's page on the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
(in Czech) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rihak, Josef Příbram Living people 1959 births People from Karlovy Vary Czech Social Democratic Party politicians Czech Social Democratic Party Senators Czech Social Democratic Party MPs Czech Social Democratic Party governors Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2002–2006) Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2006–2010) Mayors of places in the Czech Republic Czech Social Democratic Party mayors