Martina Dlabajová

Martina Dlabajová (born 26 July 1976) is a Czech businesswoman and international consultant, former president of the Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Zlín Region (2012 – 2014). From 2014 to 2024 she had been a Member of the European Parliament.

Education and career From 1990 to 1994 Dlabajová attended the grammar school Zlín-Lesni ctvrt and then from 1995 to 2000 she studied political science with a specialization in the European Union at the University of Padua (Dott.). She also founded and managed several companies in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Italy.

Dlabajová speaks Italian, English, German, Spanish and Russian. She was appointed as a vice-chair in the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), a member in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and substitute in the Committee on Transport and Tourism. In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to her committee assignments, Dlabajová initiated the Parliamentary Intergroup for Creative Industries and was appointed its vice-president. She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).

In December 2020, Dladbajová received the Digital Single Market award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.

The project WhyNot? / ProcByNe?

As a new MEP, the first thing she thought of was to start concrete projects which would have a direct and immediate impact on European citizens, especially young people. Taking into account the concerning rates of youth unemployment, she decided to launch her personal traineeship programme "PročBynNe?" - "Why not?". in the world, currently numbering over 350 books, including editions in Braille and the 1943 French edition.

In addition to her collecting passion, she has initiated four retellings of this cult book into Czech and Moravian dialects. After editions in Hantec (Malé principál), Wallachian (Malučký princ), and Podkrkonošský dialect (Malej princ), the latest book edition in the dialect of the region Slovácko titled Malušenký princ was published in 2024, in collaboration with the publishing house JOTA.

Other activities European Liberal Forum, Member of the Board of Directors

Dlabajová is an active member of the Rotary Club Zlín (its president 2013 - 2014. She was also a director of a public benefit corporation Zlinsky zamek. She is an avid reader and owns one of the largest collections of publication of the book The Little Prince in Central Europe.