Jan Březina

Jan Březina (born 14 April 1954 in Konice) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with KDU-ČSL, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He was elected for Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, but left the party in February 2012.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe.

Education

 * 1978: Master's degree in mining (VŠB Technical University of Ostrava)

Career

 * since 1990: Member of KDU-ČSL (Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party)
 * since 1995: Member of a district committee of KDU-ČSL
 * since 2000: Member of the board of KDU-ČSL
 * since 2000: Member of the KDU-ČSL national conference
 * since 2000: Member of the KDU-ČSL national committee
 * 1995-1997: Deputy Mayor of Uničov
 * 1997-2000: Chief Executive of Olomouc District Office
 * 2000-2004: Member of the Regional Assembly of the Olomouc Region and President of the Olomouc Region
 * 2000-2004: Joint Committee with the EU Committee of the Regions
 * 2004: Member of the Committee of the Regions
 * since 1998: Participated in the drafting of the Czech Republic's strategy papers