Irena Belohorská (born 13 March 1948 in

Piešťany Piešťany (; , , , ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its Piešťany District, own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around ...

) is a Slovak

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and

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with the Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko from 2004 to 2009. She sits on its Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.

Education

* 1976: Certificate of postgraduate study, grade one, in

gynaecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, which focuses on pre ...

and obstetrics * 1982: Certificate of

postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

study in clinical oncology * 1992: European School of Oncology

Career

* 1973-1976: Doctor's assistant * 1977-1983: National Oncological Institute * 1983-1986: Expert doctor, Tunis * 1986-2002: Head doctor of the Preventive Centre at the National Oncological Institute * 1992-1993: Head of a faculty hospital * 1993: Head of the Office of the Ministry of Defence * 1993: State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * 1993-1994: Minister of Health * 1993: Member of HZDS (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) * 1996: Chairwoman of a town organisation of HZDS * 1999: Member of the European Democrat Group at the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

* 1992: Member of the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic * 1994-2004: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic * 1994-1998: Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee * 1994-1998: Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee for European Integration * 2002-2004: Vice-Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee * 1994-2004: Member of the Permanent Delegation of the National Council of the Slovak Republic to the

* 1994-2002: Member of the Delegation to the Western European Union * 1994-2002: Member of the Delegation to the

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

Parliamentary Assembly * 1997-1999: Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health of the

* 2003: Chairwoman of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the

Decorations

* 1994: Awarded the decoration 'Rad A Hlinku I stupňa' (Order of Andrej Hlinka, First Class) in

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* * 1948 births Living people People from Piešťany People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia MEPs MEPs for Slovakia 2004–2009 MEPs for Slovakia 2009–2014 Women MEPs for Slovakia Health ministers of Slovakia Women government ministers of Slovakia Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998–2002 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2002-2006 Women members of the National Council (Slovakia) {{Slovakia-politician-stub

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