Petr Duchoň
# Petr Duchoň

Petr Duchoň (born 6 September 1956 in Brno) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Transport and Tourism.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and a member of the Delegation for Relations with the United States. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Petr Duchoň in 2001 to represent the Czech Republic.

## Education

* Studied physics at Masaryk University (Brno)
* Completed postgraduate studies in vacuum technology at the Czech Technical University, Prague, and a period of study in Heidelberg

## Career

* Electron lithography research engineer, coherent electron beam source designer
* Began political career as Deputy Mayor of the metropolitan district of Brno Bystrc
* Was later elected to the city council representing ODS (Civic Democratic Party)
* 1998–2004: Lord Mayor of Brno
* Participation in a number of study visits concerning local autonomous authorities
* Fellow of the Eisenhower Foundation
