Stanislav POLČÁK

Born on 21 February 1980. Studied law at the Charles University in Prague from 1998 to 2003. Between 2000 and 2003 he studied at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Charles University. In 2007 he passed the bar exams. He was active in the field of law, first as a lawyer in a computer company and later as an assistant lawyer in a law firm (2003 and 2007).

As from 2003, he became a member of the College of Experts on Copyright - Institute of Fine Arts Union. Between 2004 and 2007 he served as a local advisor and head of office to a Member of the European Parliament in the Czech Republic. From 2009 to 2012, he was an external lecturer at the University of Tomáš Baťa and at the Film School in Zlín.

Since 2009, he is a Vice-President of the Mayors and Independents (STAN) political party. In 2010, he was first elected to the Czech Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, where he served as Chairman of the Committee for Public Administration and Regional Development (2010-2012) and as Chairman of Legal and Constitutional Affairs (2012-2013). Since 2015, he is Chair of the Association of Local Authorities of the Czech Republic.

Member of the European Parliament since 2014. He speaks German and English.