NAME: Remek, Vladimír.

CZECH REPUBLIC

POLITICAL GROUP: Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green (EUL/NGL).

PARTY: Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy

CONSTITUENCY: Czech Republic.

DATE OF LATEST ELECTION: 2009.

Committees: Member of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; Member of Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Co-operation Committee; Substitute, Committee on Transport and Tourism; Substitute, Delegation for Relations with South Africa.

Political Career: Association of Space Explorers since 1985; Councillor of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the Russian Federation 2002-2004; Commercial Representative 1995-2002; Director of the Military Museum of Aviation and Astronautics, Prague, 1990-1995; Military Pilot 1970-1995; Cosmonaut 1978.

Titles/honours/decorations: Hero of the Soviet Union 1978.

Education: Military Aviation Academy, Master’s Degree 1976.

Born: 26 September 1948, České Budějovice.