Petr Duchoň

Petr Duchoň (born 6 September 1956 in Brno) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Transport and Tourism.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and a member of the Delegation for Relations with the United States. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Petr Duchoň in 2001 to represent the Czech Republic.

Education

 * Studied physics at Masaryk University (Brno)
 * Completed postgraduate studies in vacuum technology at the Czech Technical University, Prague, and a period of study in Heidelberg

Career

 * Electron lithography research engineer, coherent electron beam source designer
 * Began political career as Deputy Mayor of the metropolitan district of Brno Bystrc
 * Was later elected to the city council representing ODS (Civic Democratic Party)
 * 1998–2004: Lord Mayor of Brno
 * Participation in a number of study visits concerning local autonomous authorities
 * Fellow of the Eisenhower Foundation