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Radka Maxová

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Radka Maxová
Radka Maxová
Member of the European Parliament
for Czech Republic
In office
2 July 2019[1][2] – 15 July 2024
Personal details
Born (1968-12-02) 2 December 1968 (age 56)
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Political partySocial Democratic Party (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
ANO (2012–2020)
Alma materUniversity of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

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

Political career

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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

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  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". European Parliament. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "9th parliamentary term | Radka MAXOVÁ | MEPs | European Parliament". European Parliament. 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". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 30 November 2021.