Oldřich Vlasák (born 26 November 1955) is a conservative

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who advocates for the interests of self-governing municipalities, cities and regions. He served as

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between 2012 and 2014.

Biography

Vlasák was born in

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

. He studied at the

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU, cs, České vysoké učení technické v Praze, ČVUT) is one of the largest university, universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Centra ...

. After graduating he worked in science as a technical professional in the field of the environment. In his following management career he worked for the private sector. He joined the Civic Democratic Party in 1991 and entered local politics in 1994, when he was elected member of the Board of Representatives of the City of Hradec Králové. Between 1998 and 2004 he was mayor of the City. In 2001 Vlasák became the President of the Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic. He entered European politics in 2000. He was delegated to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and represented the Czech Republic as an observer in the

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. After his active work in the Policy Committee of the

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(CEMR) he was elected its executive president. Between 2004 and 2014 he was a

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(MEP). In the European Parliament he acted as coordinator of

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in the Committee for Regional Development and was a vice chairman of the Intergroup Urban. In 2012 he became responsible for

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in the European Parliament Bureau. His time as an MEP ceased in 2014.

Publications

*Evropská unie očima studentů; Evropská unie očima podnikatelů; Evropská unie očima občanů ČR; 15 let ODS ve Východočeském a Královéhradeckém regionu; Budoucnost kohezní politiky; co-author of the books Evropská parlamentní demokracie, Naše obce a města v Evropské unii, Naše města a evropské peníze. * Publisher of the INFO information bulletin. Publications to accompany exhibitions in the European Parliament: III. odboj v Československu ('The third resistance movement in Czechoslovakia') and 100 let mezinárodního ledního hokeje ('100 years of international ice hockey').

References

External links

Oldrich Vlasak, Vice President of European Parliament
filmneweurope.com, June 13, 2014 *
Vlasak Net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vlasak, Oldrich 1955 births Living people Politicians from Hradec Králové Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) MEPs MEPs for the Czech Republic 2004–2009 MEPs for the Czech Republic 2009–2014 Czech Technical University in Prague alumni