Josef Řihák

Josef Řihák
Josef Řihák
4th Governor of the Central Bohemian Region
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 November 2012
Preceded by	Zuzana Moravčíková
Senator from Příbram
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 October 2008
Preceded by	Jaromír Volný
Mayor of Příbram
	In office; 2006–2012
Preceded by	Ivan Fuksa
Succeeded by	Pavel Pikrt
Personal details
Born	25 April 1959; Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
Political party	ČSSD
Spouse(s)	Hana Řiháková
Alma mater	University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno

Josef Řihák (born 25 April 1959 in Karlovy Vary) is a Czech politician. Řihák is a member of Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and the Assembly of the Central Bohemian Region. He is also a former member of Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic and a former mayor of Příbram.

Řihák is a graduate at Brno agricultural college, he worked vet, specializing in food hygiene and agricultural ecology.

He was elected into the Assembly of the Central Bohemian Region in 2000 for the Czech Social Democratic Party, two years later he was also elected into the Příbram assembly and became the city council member under mayor Ivan Fuksa.

In 2002, he was also elected into the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic and was re-elected in 2006. He is a member of the agricultural committee of the Chamber of Deputies.

In 2006 he led the Příbram social democrats in the municipal elections. The party gained two more seats in comparison to the 2002 elections. After two-weeks negotiations, Řihák was elected new city mayor by a coalition Social Democrats and SNK European Democrats, supported by Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia deputies.

He then promised to leave his Central-Bohemian region's assembly seat.[1]

Řihák is married and has a son and a daughter.

Footnotes

Czech Press Agency article (in Czech)

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External links

Řihák's page on the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (in Czech)

Political offices
Preceded by Ivan Fuksa	Mayor of Příbram 2006-2012	Succeeded by Pavel Pikrt

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[1] Czech Press Agency article (in Czech)