Jana Hybášková

Jana Hybášková
Member of the European Parliament
for Czech Republic
In office
2004–2009
Ambassador of the European Union in Iraq
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born (1965-06-26) 26 June 1965
Prague
Political party European Democratic Party, European People's Party

Jana Hybášková (born 26 June 1965 in Prague) is a Czech politician and diplomat, serving as the Ambassador of the European Union in Iraq (since 2011).[1] From 2004 to 2009, she was a Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party. She is chairwoman of the European Democratic Party (EDS).

As a Member of the European Parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a substitute on the Committee on Budgets and chairwoman of the European delegation for relations with Israel. Jana Hybášková is also a member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy. She has been a strong critic of Iran and its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and has advocated closer relations between Israel and Europe.[2]

She graduated in Arabic at Charles University, earning a doctorate in 1989, and worked at the Foreign Ministry of Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic from 1991 to 1997. She was Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Slovenia 1997–2001, and then in Qatar and Kuwait (2002–2004).

She is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism, and the co-organizer (with Senator Martin Mejstřík) of its preceding conference.[3] She co-sponsored the European Parliament resolution of 2 April 2009 on European conscience and totalitarianism on behalf of the European People's Party.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/119505.pdf
  2. ↑ "Five questions to… Jana Hybaskova". European Jewish Press. 16 Dec 2005. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Prague Declaration - Declaration Text". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Joint motion for a resolution: European Parliament resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism". Europa.eu. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
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