| Pavel Svoboda | |
| Office: | Chair of the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee |
| Term Start: | 7 July 2014 |
| Term End: | 1 July 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Klaus-Heiner Lehne |
| Office1: | Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the Legislative Council |
| Term Start1: | 23 January 2009 |
| Term End1: | 8 May 2009 |
| Predecessor1: | Cyril Svoboda |
| Successor1: | Daniela Kovářová |
| Primeminister1: | Mirek Topolánek |
| Office2: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Term Start2: | 1 July 2014 |
| Term End2: | 1 July 2019 |
| Constituency2: | Czech Republic |
| Birth Name: | Pavel Svoboda |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality: | Czech |
| Party: |  Czech Republic
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Pavel Svoboda (born 9 April 1962) is a Czech politician and lawyer and from 2014 to 2019 a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Czech Republic for European People's Party representing KDU-ČSL.
Svoboda was born in Prague and studied Law Faculty at Charles University. He also holds a D.E.A. degree from Université Sciences Sociales in Toulouse.
From 2007 to 2009, Svoboda was an Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe.
From 23 January 2009 to 8 May 2009, Svoboda was minister without portfolio[1] and chairman of the Government's Legislative Council. In 2009, he was on the Czech government’s shortlist for the role of European Commissioner.[2]
In May 2014 Svoboda was elected Member of the European Parliament for KDU-ČSL, part of European Peoples Party. Subsequently he was elected Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).[3] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)[4]