M. Zdeněk ŠKROMACH

M. Zdeněk ŠKROMACH
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour & Social Affairs

Born 31 December 1956


Education

Skilled electrician by trade
Secondary vocational school of electrical engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Brno Technical University

Professional experience

1976 - 1977 electrician
1977 – 1980 chief electrician at a Brno heating plant
1980 – 1989 machine tool operator; maintenance supervisor and power engineering specialist 
December 1989 – July 1996 chairman of the metal workers´ trade union OS KOVO

Political positions

Member of the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) since 1995
Since June 1996, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament
Vice-Chairman of the CSSD Regional Council for South Moravia (1996 - 1999)
Deputy Chairman of the CSSD (1997 - 2000 and again from April 2001)
1998 – 2002 Chairman of the Social Policy and Health Care Committee
April 2000 – May 2001 Chairman of the Czech Social Democratic Party Parliamentary Club at the Chamber of Deputies

Other activities

Member of the OS KOVO Presidium (1993 - 1999)
Member of the Assembly of the Bohemian-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions
  (1994 - 2002)

Latest publications on ageing

Ageing and Employment Policies

A series devoted to ageing and employment policies in selected OECD countries.