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Edvard Kožušník

Edvard Kožušník
Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic
In office
14 July 2009 – 30 June 2014
Chief of Staff to the President of the Senate
In office
2005–2009
PresidentPřemysl Sobotka
Personal details
Born (1971-01-30) January 30, 1971 (age 53)
Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Political partyCivic Democratic Party

Edvard Kožušník (born 30 January 1971) is a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). He served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014 and is the former chief of staff to the president of the Czech Senate, Přemysl Sobotka. He was an ODS candidate for European Parliament election in 2009 and received the seventh largest number of preference votes in the party. He has been the deputy minister of industry and trade of the Czech Republic since January 2022.[citation needed]

Political career

Kožušník was one of the team responsible for launching Czech governmental think-tank eStat.cz. Subsequently, he began campaigning for the abolition of concessionary fees in the Czech Republic.[clarification needed]

In 2014, he ran for leadership of ODS, but was defeated by Petr Fiala.

During the 2018 presidential election campaign, Kožušník joined Mirek Topolánek's team.[1]

Personal life

Kožušník's wife is Spanish and they have two children.[2]

References

  1. ^ "50 tisíc? To ses moc nepochlapil, vzkazuje Langerovi. Jak dělá Topolánek kampaň". www.seznam.cz. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Edvard Kožušník". ODS.cz. Retrieved 28 July 2022.