Miroslav Mikolášik is a Slovak

Politics of Slovakia

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 politician

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 and Member of the European Parliament

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 with the Krestansko-demokraticke hnutie, part of the European People's Party

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 and sits on the European Parliament

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's Committee on Regional Development

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He is a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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, a member of the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Israel.

He still lives in Dolný Kubín along with his wife. He has four children; three sons and one daughter.

Education

• 1972-1978: Charles' University (Prague), Medical Faculty
• 1982: Certificate of postgraduate study in anaesthesiology and reanimation
• 1984: Certificate of postgraduate study in general
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   medicine

Career

• since 1978: Doctor at an anaesthesiological and resuscitation department
• since 1994: General practitioner
• 1991-1992: External teacher at the Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics (Bratislava)
• 1990-1991: Vice-Chairman of a District National Committee (Dolný Kubín)
• 1991-1992: Head of the Department for International Relations at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
• 1992-1994: Chairman of KDH (Christian Democratic Movement) (Orava region)
• 1994-1998: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for KDH
• 1998-1999: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for SDK (Slovak Democratic Coalition) /KDH
• 1994-1998: Member of the Committee on Social Affairs and Health Care
• 1995-1998: Member of the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
• 1998-1999: Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
• 1999-2002: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Canada
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• President of the citizens' association 'Donum Vitae'

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Slovakia)

European Parliament election, 2004 (Slovakia)

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Slovakia was the election of MEP representing Slovakia constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13. The turnout was lowest of any country in the European...

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