Jana Hybášková

Jana Hybášková (born 26 June 1965 in Prague) is a Czech and European politician and diplomat, who currently serves as the Ambassador of the European Union in Namibia.[1] She served as a Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party from 2004 to 2009 and as the Ambassador of the European Union in Iraq from 2011 to 2015.[2] She has been chairwoman of the European Democratic Party (EDS).

Jana Hybášková
Member of the European Parliament
for Czech Republic
In office
2004–2009
Ambassador of the European Union in Iraq
In office
2011–2015
Ambassador of the European Union in Namibia
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1965-06-26) 26 June 1965
Prague
Political partySNK European Democrats, European Democratic Party, European People's Party

As a Member of the European Parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a substitute on the Committee on Budgets and chairwoman of the European delegation for relations with Israel. Jana Hybášková is also a member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy. She has been critical of the Iranian government and of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and has advocated closer relations between Israel and Europe.[3]

She graduated in Arabic at Charles University, earning a doctorate in 1989, and worked at the Foreign Ministry of Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic from 1991 to 1997. She was Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Slovenia 1997–2001, and then in Qatar and Kuwait (2002–2004).

She is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism, and the co-organizer (with Senator Martin Mejstřík) of its preceding conference.[4] She co-sponsored the European Parliament resolution of 2 April 2009 on European conscience and totalitarianism on behalf of the European People's Party.[5]

Education

Career
  • 1997–2001: Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Slovenia
  • 2001–2002: Adviser to the State Secretary for European Affairs
  • 2002–2004: Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Kuwait and Qatar
  • 2004–2008: Member of the 'SNK - Evropští demokraté' (European Democrats) political party
  • 2008–2010: Chairwoman of the European Democratic Party
  • 2011–2015: Ambassador of the European Union in Iraq[2]
  • 2015–present: Ambassador of the European Union in Namibia

Decorations

See also

References
  1. About the EU Delegation to Namibia
  2. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/119505.pdf
  3. "Five questions to… Jana Hybaskova". European Jewish Press. 16 Dec 2005. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  4. "Prague Declaration - Declaration Text". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  5. "Joint motion for a resolution: European Parliament resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism". Europa.eu. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
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