Radka Maxová (born 2 December 1968) is a Czech politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3]

Radka Maxová
Radka Maxová
Member of the European Parliament
for Czech Republic
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1968-12-02) 2 December 1968 (age 55)
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Political partySocial Democratic Party (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
ANO (2012–2020)
Alma materUniversity of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

Political career edit

In parliament, Maxová has been serving on as the vice-chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (since 2022), as a member of the Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation (since 2021) and as a substitute of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Maxová is part of the Parliament's delegations to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee; to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee .[5]

She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability[7] and a supporter of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health.[8]

In October 2020 she left ANO 2011 and joined Czech Social Democratic Party as an independent.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Jmenné seznamy". volby.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ^ "9th parliamentary term | Radka MAXOVÁ | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "9th parliamentary term | Radka MAXOVÁ | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  7. ^ Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.
  8. ^ MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Our Supporters Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks.
  9. ^ "Spoluzakladatelka ANO Maxová přestupuje v rámci europarlamentu do ČSSD". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 30 November 2021.