Ivan David
Czech politician (born 1952)
Ivan David (born 24 September 1952) is a Czech psychiatrist, former Minister of Health and former director of the Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice.
01Biography
David was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He graduated from Prague High School and the Faculty of General Medicine of Charles University. He then worked as a psychiatrist. From 1998 to 2002, he was a Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats, and from 1998 to 1999, he was Minister of Health. He is the grandson of Jindřich Šnobl (1903-1971), a former deputy managing director of ČKD-Stalingrad. From 2005 to April 2008 Ivan David was a director of the psychiatric hospital in Bohnice.
Ivan David is married and has three children.
02Politics
Ivan David is election leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy in 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic.
On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez.
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