| Ivan David | |
| Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
| Party: | SPD (2019–present) |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Alma Mater: | Charles University |
| Otherparty: | SOCDEM (1993–2015) |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic |
| Office2: | Minister of Health |
| Predecessor2: | Zuzana Roithová |
| Successor2: | Vladimír Špidla |
| Primeminister2: | Miloš Zeman |
| Termstart2: | 22 July 1998 |
| Termend2: | 9 December 1999 |
| Office3: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start3: | 20 June 1998 |
| Term End3: | 20 June 2002 |
| Occupation: | Psychiatrist • Politician |
Ivan David (born 24 September 1952) is a Czech psychiatrist, former Minister of Health and former director of the Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice.
He graduated from Prague High School and the Faculty of General Medicine of Charles University. He then worked as a psychiatrist. From 1998 to 2002, he was a Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats, and from 1998 to 1999, he was Minister of Health. He is the grandson of Jindřich Šnobl (1903-1971), a former deputy managing director of ČKD-Stalingrad. Ivan David was a director of the psychiatric hospital in Bohnice until April 2008.[1]
Ivan David is election leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy in 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic.
On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez.[2] [3]