Radka Maxová Explained

Party:Social Democratic Party (2021–present)
Constituency Mp:Czech Republic
Term Start:2 July 2019[1] [2]
Parliament:European
Birth Date:1968 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Nationality:Czech
Alma Mater:University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
Otherparty:ANO (2012–2020)

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Key dates ahead. European Parliament . 28 May 2019 . en . 20 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Key dates ahead. BBC News . 28 May 2019 . en . 22 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Jmenné seznamy. volby.cz. 2 June 2019. cs.
  4. Web site: 9th parliamentary term Radka MAXOVÁ MEPs European Parliament . 2022-10-20 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  5. Web site: 9th parliamentary term Radka MAXOVÁ MEPs European Parliament . 2022-10-20 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  6. https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members
  7. http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/bureau-disability-intergroup-european-parliament-established Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established
  8. https://www.gamian.eu/activities/mep-alliance-mental-health/our-mep-supporters/ MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Our Supporters
  9. Web site: Spoluzakladatelka ANO Maxová přestupuje v rámci europarlamentu do ČSSD . www.novinky.cz . 30 November 2021.