Pavel Bém (born 18 July 1963) is a
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physician and politician. Between 28 November 2002 and 30 November 2010 he served as the
Mayor of the Capital City of Prague, and re-elected in 2006. On 19 November 2006 he was elected Deputy Leader of the
Civic Democratic Party.
Biography
Bém studied medicine at the
Charles University
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, specializing in psychiatry and subsequently devoted most of his medical career to the treatment of drug addiction. He served on a government anti-narcotics commission.
A member of the
Civic Democratic Party, since 1998 he has been mayor of the 6th district of
Prague
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and since 2002 has become the mayor of the entire city of Prague.
He ran for the leader of his party,
but lost.
Bém has many interests besides his political career, including mountain climbing, sea diving, and playing the piano. On 18 May 2007 Bem fulfilled his "childhood dream" of reaching the peak of
Mount Everest
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. On 1 August 2012 he climbed the second highest peak in the world,
K2, together with Peter Hamor, and without supplemental oxygen.
In 2007, Bém and his wife received CZK 3,5 million for leaving a rent-controlled apartment from Petr Pudil. Pudil is co-owner of
Most-based mining company
Czech Coal.
In 2008, Bém
ran for leadership of ODS but was defeated by the incumbent leader
Mirek Topolánek
Mirek Topolánek (, born 15 May 1956) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician and business manager who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009 and the leader of the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democr ...
.
Bém is a close friend of billionaire
Roman Janoušek.
References
External links
Official website (English version also present)Civic Democratic Party(in English)
Civic Democratic Party Prague
1963 births
Living people
Politicians from Prague
Mayors of Prague
Summiters of the Seven Summits
Czech mountain climbers
Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) mayors
Charles University alumni
Czech psychiatrists
Czech addiction physicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2010–2013)
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