Zita Pleštinská

Zita Pleštinská (born Zita Kányai on 13 June 1961 in Nitra) is a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

Education

• 1985: Technical University of Budapest, Faculty of Architecture
• 1993: The Certificate in professional expertise in the regional development
• 2000: SPP diploma (Special Preparatory Programme for Structural Funds)
• 2001: Cooperation and preparation of PHARE projects
• 2002: The Certificate in professional expertise in regional management, public and concession procurement

Career

• 1985-1991: Chief Architect's Department in Stará Ľubovňa - Deputy head
• 1991-1996: Environmental regional office in Stará Ľubovňa - Head of Regional Planning and Land Engineering Committee
• 1996-1998: District Authority Office in Stará Ľubovnňa - Officer of Environmental Committee
• 1998-2004: District Authority Office in Stará Ľubovňa - Deputy head
• 2002-2006: Municipality Chmeľnica - Mayor
• 2004-present: The European Parliament - Member

Political Activity

• 1991-2000: KDH (Christian Democratic Movement)
• 1998-2000: SDK (Slovak Democratic Coalition)
• 2000-present: SDKÚ-DS (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party) - Member of the Slovak board of SDKÚ, Member of regional union of SDKÚ Prešov

See also

• European Parliament election, 2004 (Slovakia)

External links

• http://www.plestinska.sk

External links

• Template:EP MEP info/6th term
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Slovak)