Zuzana Roithová

Zuzana Roithová (born 30 January 1953 in Prague) is a Czech politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party. She is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.
She was a candidate in Czech presidential election 2013. In the 1st round of the election held in January 2013, she placed 6th with 4,95% (255 045 votes). She didn't qualify for the second round.
She has previously served as Minister of Health, Senator and as Chair of the European Movement in the Czech Republic.
She is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism and a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.

• 1978: Faculty of General Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1997: Master of Business Administration, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
• Certificate of Professional Development in Healthcare Management (Executive Education), The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

• 1998: Charles University Jubilee Medal

• 1979–1992: Hospital doctor
• Head of Prague Faculty Hospital (1990–1998) and Chairwoman of the Czech Association of Hospitals
• 1998: Minister of Health
• 1998–2004: Senator
• Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health and Social Policy (2000–2002), member of the permanent delegation of the Czech Parliament to the WEU
• 2000–2002: Chairwoman of the International European Movement in the Czech Republic
• 2001–2003: Deputy Chairwoman of KDU-ČSL (Christian Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party)

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)