Richard Falbr

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Richard Falbr

Richard Falbr (born on 29 September 1940 in Chester) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Czech Social Democratic Party, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Mercosur.

[edit] Education

1969: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law Faculty of Charles University, Prague

[edit] Career

1959-1963: Foreign-language correspondent
1963-1969: Language teacher
1970-1989: Trade union lawyer
1989-1990: Lawyer
1990-1994: Vice-Chairman of the Czech and Slovak Confederation of Trade Unions
1990-1998: Chairman of the Bohemian-Moravian Service Workers' Trade Union
1991-1992: Vice-Chairman of ČSSD (Czech Social Democratic Party)
1992-2002: Member of the administration of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
1993-2002: Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation
1994-2002: Chairman of the Bohemian-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions
1995-2002: Member of the administration of the Trade Union European Confederation
1996-2004: Member of the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
1996-2004: Senator
1998-2002: Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
2002-2004: Member of the Committee on Mandate and Parliamentary Privilege of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
2002-2004: Member of the Standing Senate Commission on the Constitution of the Czech Republic
2003-2004: Observer at the European Parliament