Milan Gaľa

Milan Gaľa (21 January 1953 in Jarovnice – 1 June 2012 near Košice) was a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Slovenská demokraticka a krestanska unia, part of the European People's Party and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.

He was a substitute for the Committee on Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He was also a member of the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States and Yemen.

Education 1976: Šafárik University (Košice), Medical Faculty 1980: Certificate of postgraduate study, grade one, in stomatology

Career since 1976: Stomatologist 1994: Chairman of the Prešov district centre of KDH (Christian Democratic Movement) 2001: Member of the central council of SDKÚ (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union) 1990: Member of the board of Prešov District National Council 1990: Deputy Lord Mayor of Lipany 1990–2002: Member of Lipany Town Council 2001: Member of Prešov Regional Assembly 1992: Member of the Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1994–1999: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic 2002–2004: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Vice-chairman of the Committee for Health Care