Zuzana Roithová

Zuzana Roithová (born 30 January 1953) is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She was vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.

She was a candidate in Czech presidential election 2013. In the 1st round of the election held in January 2013, she placed 6th with 4,95% (255,045 votes). She didn't qualify for the second round.

Having previously served as Minister of Health, Senator and as Chair of the European Movement in the Czech Republic, she is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism and a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.

Personal life
Roithová lives in Dvory nad Lužnicí in the South Bohemian Region.

Education

 * 1978: Faculty of General Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
 * 1997: Master of Business Administration, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
 * Certificate of Professional Development in Healthcare Management (Executive Education), The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Decorations

 * 1998: Charles University Jubilee Medal

Career

 * 1979–1992: Hospital doctor
 * Head of Prague Faculty Hospital (1990–1998) and Chairwoman of the Czech Association of Hospitals
 * 1998: Minister of Health
 * 1998–2004: Senator
 * Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health and Social Policy (2000–2002), member of the permanent delegation of the Czech Parliament to the WEU
 * 2000–2002: Chairwoman of the International European Movement in the Czech Republic
 * 2001–2003: Deputy Chairwoman of KDU-ČSL (Christian Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party)