Josef Řihák, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josef Řihák

Czech member of Czech Parliament (2002–2010) and veterinary

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1959

Place of Birth: Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Profession: politician, veterinarian

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Josef Rihák (born 25 April 1959 in Karlovy Vary) is a Czech politician.
Rihák 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 Príbram. Rihák 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 Príbram 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 Príbram social democrats in the municipal elections.
The party gained two more seats in comparison to the 2002 elections.
After two-weeks negotiations, Rihák 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.Rihák is married and has a son and a daughter.