Irena Belohorská

Irena Belohorská (born on 13 March 1948 in Piešťany)is a Slovak politician and
Member of the European Parliamentwith the Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko,and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament.

She sits on its Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and isa substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of theDelegation for relations with the countries of Central America.

Education

* 1976: Certificate of postgraduate study, grade one, in gynaecology and obstetrics
* 1982: Certificate of postgraduate study in clinical oncology
* 1992: European School of Oncology

Career

* 1973-1976: Doctor's assistant
* 1977-1983: National Oncological Institute
* 1983-1986: Expert doctor, Tunis
* 1986-2002: Head doctor of the Preventive Centre at the National Oncological Institute
* 1992-1993: Head of a faculty hospital
* 1993: Head of the Office of the Ministry of Defence
* 1993: State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* 1993-1994: Minister of Health
* 1993: Member of HZDS (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia)
* 1996: Chairwoman of a town organisation of HZDS
* 1999: Member of the European Democrat Group at the Council of Europe
* 1992: Member of the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic
* 1994-2004: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
* 1994-1998: Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
* 1994-1998: Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee for European Integration
* 2002-2004: Vice-Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee
* 1994-2004: Member of the Permanent Delegation of the National Council of the Slovak Republic to the Council of Europe
* 1994-2002: Member of the Delegation to the Western European Union
* 1994-2002: Member of the Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
* 1997-1999: Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health of the Council of Europe
* 2003: Chairwoman of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe
* Awarded the decoration 'Rad A

Decorations

* 1994: Hlinka I stupňa' (Order of Andrej Hlinka, First Class) in

"See also:" European Parliament election, 2004 (Slovakia)

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