Michaela Šojdrová | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Term Start: | 1 July 2014 |
Constituency: | Czech Republic |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1963 |
Birth Place: | Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia (now Zlín, Czech Republic) |
Party: | Czech Republic Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party European People's Party |
Michaela Šojdrová (born 28 October 1963) is a Czech politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2014. She is a member of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party.[1]
Prior to entering politics Šojdrová worked at the head office of the Czech School Inspection. She was also employed in various other education administrative roles.
Šojdrová has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2014 elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on Culture and Education, where she is the EPP group’s coordinator.[2] From 2014 until 2019, she was also a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Since her election, her work has focused on women's rights and gender equality.[3]
In addition to her committee assignments, Šojdrová is part of the Parliament's delegations to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee as well as to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.[4] She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability.[5]