Milan Horáček
Milan Horáček (born October 30, 1946 in Velké Losiny , Czechoslovakia ) is a founding member of the Green Party and was a member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90 / The Greens from 2004 to 2009 .
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Life
Milan Horáček, who had learned to be an electrician in Czechoslovakia, was classified as “politically unreliable” between 1965 and 1967 and was temporarily imprisoned. After the events of the Prague Spring , he emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1968. Here he worked in industry and for a trade union magazine.
From 1976 to 1981 he studied political science in Frankfurt and was involved in founding the Green Party in 1979 as a founding member. In the 80s he was active for his party in Hesse ; In 1983 he moved to the German Bundestag as a member of parliament . His focus is on foreign and security policy, Eastern Europe and human rights.
In addition to his partisan work, Horáček was involved in exiled Czechoslovak culture and politics. He is editor of the exile magazine Listy (Blätter). He is also active in the Czech green party Strana zelených .
In 1990 Horáček's expatriation from Czechoslovakia was withdrawn by Václav Havel , who also accepted him into his advisory team; In 1991 he became head of the green Heinrich Böll Foundation in Prague . Since 2000 he has been a participant in the German-Czech discussion forum.
Horáček was elected to the European Parliament in June 2004 as a candidate for Bündnis90 / Die Grünen state associations in Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia . Since then he has been a MEP for Alliance 90 / The Greens in the group The Greens / European Free Alliance . He was an alternate member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, as well as a member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Delegation to the EU - Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee . He did not run for the 2009 European elections .
Milan Horáček has been a member of the Presidium of the Association of Displaced Persons since 2014 .
Web links
- Entry on Milan Horáček in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
- Homepage of Milan Horáček
Individual evidence
- ^ Presidium of the BdV - Presidium Members , accessed on April 7, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horáček, Milan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velké Losiny , Czechoslovakia |