Jaroslav Bžoch | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Termstart: | 16 July 2024 |
Constituency: | Czech Republic |
Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
Termstart2: | 21 October 2017 |
Term End2: | 28 June 2024 |
Constituency2: | Ústí nad Labem |
Birth Date: | df=y 30 November 1983 |
Birth Place: | Teplice, Czechoslovakia |
Party: | ANO (since 2011) ODS (2007–2011) |
Otherparty: | Patriots for Europe |
Alma Mater: | Metropolitan University Prague Jan Evangelista Purkyně University |
Jaroslav Bžoch (born 30 November 1983) is a Czech politician of ANO and former rugby league player. He was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1] He previously served in the Chamber of Deputies, serving as vice-chair of the .[2]
Bžoch graduated from the Metropolitan University Prague with a degree in international relations and European studies, and earned a bachelor's degree in business economics and management at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem.[3]
Bžoch was elected municipal councillor of Teplice in the 2014 municipal elections.[4] He was elected regional councillor of Ústí nad Labem Region in 2016,[5] and to the Chamber of Deputies in 2017.[6] [7]
Bžoch was elected in 2021 with 3,613 preferential votes.[8] He was elected the party assembly in February 2022, he was elected a member of the movement's board.[9]
Bžoch ran for the second candidate of ANO in the 2024 European Parliament election.[10] The party won the election and he became one of the six MEPs with 31,989 preferential votes.[11] Bžoch resigned as a member of the Chamber of Deputies at the end of June and was replaced by .[12]