Tomáš Julínek (born 7 November 1956) is a Czech

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

. From 2006 to 2009, Julínek served as the Minister of Health of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. He is a member of the Civic Democratic Party.

Career

Julínek received his degree from

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) ( cs, Masarykova univerzita; la, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the seco ...

in 1982. From 2003 to 2005, he worked on a reform of the

health system Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

of the

. In September 2006, he was appointed Minister of Health of the

replacing David Rath. Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek replaced him in January 2009 with

Daniela Filipiová Daniela Filipiová (born 9 August 1957) is a Czech architect and politician. She served as Minister of Health for the Czech Republic from 23 January 2009 to 8 May 2009. A member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Filipiová was a Senator repre ...

.Staff (13 January 2009) "Senátorka Filipiová přijala nabídku řídit zdravotnictví" ''Novinky'' (Czech news service)
in Czech, accessed 24 January 2009

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External links

Home page of Tomáš Julínek
{{DEFAULTSORT:Julinek, Tomas 1956 births Living people Health ministers of the Czech Republic Politicians from Brno Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Senators Masaryk University alumni Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Government ministers Health professionals from Brno