Pavel Poc (born 26 May 1964, in

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; german: Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law a ...

) is a Czech politician, who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

for two terms from 2009 to 2019, representing 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 ...

Education

Poc studied biology at the Faculty of Science at

Charles University in Prague Charles University ( cs, Univerzita Karlova, UK; la, Universitas Carolina; german: Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague ( la, Universitas Pragensis, links=no), is the oldest an ...

, graduating in 1988 with a doctorate in natural science in the field of general biology. He studied environmental law at the Faculty of Law at Charles University from 1994–1995, and a Master of Public Administration at the

University of Economics in Prague The Prague University of Economics and Business (PUEB) (originally: ''the University of Economics, Prague''; '' cs, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, VŠE'') is a triple crown accredited economics and business-oriented public university loc ...

and the

EHSAL Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUBrussel or HUB) was a Dutch language university founded in 2007. HUBrussel was the result of a merger between Brussels-based colleges European University College Brussels, Vlekho, HONIM and Catholic University ...

Management School in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

in 1996.

Career

Poc worked at the ethological laboratory of the Physiology Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague until 1992, before working at the

Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázně (; german: Marienbad) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Most of the town's buildings come from its Golden Era in the second half of the 19th centu ...

municipal authority, as an ecologist and then, from 1993, head of the environmental department. He became a member of the board of directors of Chevak a.s. and Parking Centrum a.s. in

from 1998–2002, then commercial director, executive director and partner at Zahradní a parková spol. s r.o. from 2003–2009.

Political career

Poc joined the

(ČSSD) in 1997, becoming Vice-Chairman of the

ČSSD association in 1998, and a member of the ČSSD Central Executive Committee in 2000. He became a member of the ČSSD Bureau in 2001, then guarantor of the central informatics commission from 2004–2005 and the central ecological commission from 2005–2006. He chaired the Regional Executive Committee of the

Karlovy Vary Region The Karlovy Vary Region or Carlsbad Region ( cs, Karlovarský kraj, German: ''Karlsbader Region'') is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named afte ...

from 2005–2010.

References

External links

Official site

European Parliament official site

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Poc, Pavel 1964 births Living people Politicians from Havlíčkův Brod Czech Social Democratic Party MEPs MEPs for the Czech Republic 2009–2014 MEPs for the Czech Republic 2014–2019 Charles University alumni