Edvard Kožušník

Edvard Kožušník
Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic
In office
14 July 2009 – 30 June 2014
Chief of Staff to the President of the Senate
In office
2008–2009
President Přemysl Sobotka
Personal details
Born (1971-01-30) January 30, 1971
Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Nationality Czech
Political party Civic Democratic Party

Edvard Kožušník (born 30 January 1971) is a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). He served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014 and is the former Chief of Staff to the President of the Czech Senate, Přemysl Sobotka. He was an ODS candidate for European Parliament election in 2009 and received the seventh largest number of preference votes in the party.

Political career

Kožušník was one of the team responsible for launching Czech governmental think-tank eStat.cz. Subsequently he began campaigning for the abolition of concessionary fees in the Czech Republic.

In 2014, he ran for leadership of ODS, but was defeated by Petr Fiala.

During the 2018 presidential election campaign, Kožušník joined Mirek Topolánek's team.[1]

Personal life

Kožušník is fluent in Spanish, English, German, Russian and Bulgarian. His wife is Spanish and they have two children. His hobby is beach tennis.

References

  1. ↑ "50 tisíc? To ses moc nepochlapil, vzkazuje Langerovi. Jak dělá Topolánek kampaň". www.seznam.cz. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.