Irena Belohorská (born 13 March 1948 in
Piešťany) is a
Slovak politician
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and
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 ...
with the
Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko from 2004 to 2009.
She sits on its
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and is a substitute for the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.
Education
* 1976: Certificate of postgraduate study, grade one, in
gynaecology and obstetrics
* 1982: Certificate of
postgraduate
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The organization and ...
study in clinical oncology
* 1992:
European School of Oncology
Career
* 1973-1976: Doctor's assistant
* 1977-1983: National Oncological Institute
* 1983-1986: Expert doctor, Tunis
* 1986-2002: Head doctor of the Preventive Centre at the National Oncological Institute
* 1992-1993: Head of a faculty hospital
* 1993: Head of the Office of the Ministry of Defence
* 1993: State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* 1993-1994: Minister of Health
* 1993: Member of HZDS (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia)
* 1996: Chairwoman of a town organisation of HZDS
* 1999: Member of the European Democrat Group at the
Council of Europe
* 1992: Member of the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic
* 1994-2004: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
* 1994-1998: Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
* 1994-1998: Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee for European Integration
* 2002-2004: Vice-Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee
* 1994-2004: Member of the Permanent Delegation of the National Council of the Slovak Republic to the
Council of Europe
* 1994-2002: Member of the Delegation to the Western European Union
* 1994-2002: Member of the Delegation to the
NATO
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Parliamentary Assembly
* 1997-1999: Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health of the
Council of Europe
* 2003: Chairwoman of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the
Council of Europe
Decorations
* 1994: Awarded the decoration 'Rad A Hlinku I stupňa' (Order of Andrej Hlinka, First Class) in
See also
*
2004 European Parliament election in Slovakia
An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Slovakia for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 13 June 2004 as part of the wider 2004 European election. The turnout was the lowest of any country in the Eur ...
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1948 births
Living people
People from Piešťany
People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia MEPs
MEPs for Slovakia 2004–2009
MEPs for Slovakia 2009–2014
Women MEPs for Slovakia
Health ministers of Slovakia
Women government ministers of Slovakia
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998-2002
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2002-2006
Female members of the National Council (Slovakia)
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