Ondřej Kovařík

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Ondřej Kovařík
MEP
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Member of the European Parliament
for Czech Republic
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1980-08-21) 21 August 1980 (age 44)
Kyjov, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Political party Independent (nominated by ANO 2011) (2019–present)
Alma mater Prague University of Economics and Business
Website ondrejkovarik.eu

Ondřej Kovařík is a Czech politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. [1] He was parliamentary assistant to MEP Dita Charanzová. has since been serving on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, also called ECON, and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, aka LIBE. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Canada. He has studied international trade and international affairs and is affiliated to the ANO 2011 movement (Action of Dissatisfied Citizens) set up by Andrej Babiš, former Czech Prime Minister.

Career

In October 2015, Kovařík worked as chief advisor of the parliamentary delegation of ANO in the European Parliament to compatriot Dita Charanzová. [2]

In the 2019 European Parliament election, Kovařík finished sixth place as a non-party member of ANO. [3] He was re-elected in 2024 European Parliament election, finishing seventh place of the candidates. [4]

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