Jan Březina

Jan Březina (born 14 April 1954) 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