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Ivan David | |
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 Ivan David in 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 22 July 1998 – 9 December 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Miloš Zeman |
| Preceded by | Zuzana Roithová |
| Succeeded by | Vladimír Špidla |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 20 June 1998 – 20 June 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1952 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party | SPD (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | SOCDEM (1993–2015) |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist • Politician |
Ivan David (born 24 September 1952) is a Czech psychiatrist, former Minister of Health and former director of the Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice.
He graduated from Prague High School and the Faculty of General Medicine of Charles University. He then worked as a psychiatrist. From 1998 to 2002, he was a Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats, and from 1998 to 1999, he was Minister of Health. He is the grandson of Jindřich Šnobl (1903-1971), a former deputy managing director of ČKD-Stalingrad. Ivan David was a director of the psychiatric hospital in Bohnice until April 2008.[1]
Ivan David is election leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy in 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic.
On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez.[2][3]
- ^ "Ředitel bohnické léčebny Ivan David skončil" (in Czech). Týden. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop". Catholic News Agency.
- ^ "Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu.