Ondřej Benešík (born 27 June 1976) is a
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politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies for the
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
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(KDU-ČSL) since October 2013.
From 2010 to 2014 he served as mayor of
Strání
Strání is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,400 inhabitants.
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The village of Květná is an administrative part of Strání.
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. From 2015 to 2022, he was a deputy chairman of his party.
Since 2014 he has been a member of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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. He also serves as the head of the European Affairs Committee within the Czech parliament,
as well as the parliamentary liaison to the United States.
References
1976 births
KDU-ČSL MPs
Living people
People from Uherské Hradiště
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2017–2021)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2013–2017)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2021–2025)
Masaryk University alumni
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