Zita Pleštinská

Zita Pleštinská (born Zita Kányai on 13 June 1961 in Nitra) is a Slovak politician and current mayor of the village of Chmeľnica. Pleštinská is a former Member of the European Parliament with the Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia, part of the European People's Party. She was on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, and also served as a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, as a member of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and as a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

Education 1985: Technical University of Budapest, Faculty of Architecture 1993: The Certificate in professional expertise in the regional development 2000: SPP diploma (Special Preparatory Programme for Structural Funds) 2001: Cooperation and preparation of PHARE projects 2002: The Certificate in professional expertise in regional management, public and concession procurement

Career 1985-1991: Chief Architect's Department in Stará Ľubovňa - Deputy Director 1991-1996: District Office of the Environment in Stará Ľubovňa - Head of Department for Regional Planning and Land Engineering 1996-1998: District Office in Stará Ľubovnňa - Officer at the Environmental Department 1998-2002: District Office in Stará Ľubovňa - Deputy Director 2002-2004: District Office in Stará Ľubovňa - Director; Head of Department of Regional Development 2002-2006: Municipality Chmeľnica - Mayor (1st Term) 2004–2009: The European Parliament - Member 2010: District Office in Stará Ľubovňa - Director Present: Municipality Chmeľnica - Mayor

Political Activity 1991-2000: KDH (Christian Democratic Movement) 1998-2000: SDK (Slovak Democratic Coalition) 2000–present: SDKÚ-DS (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party) - Member of the Slovak board of SDKÚ, Member of regional union of SDKÚ Prešov