Miroslav Číž
Miroslav Číž | |
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Číž in 2007 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 29 December 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Katarína Roth Neveďalová |
| Member of the National Council | |
| In office 15 October 2002 – 28 June 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1954 Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 29 December 2022 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Political party | Communist Party (1972–1990) Party of the Democratic Left (1990–1999) Direction-Social Democracy (1999–2022) |
Miroslav Číž (11 February 1954 – 29 December 2022) was a Slovak politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until his death in 2022.
Číž was born in Banská Štiavnica. He studied Law at the Comenius University, graduating in 1978. He later taught at the university.
During socialism, he served as a high-ranking official of the National Committees of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. After the fall of the regime, he remained in the Communist Party of Slovakia, which was later renamed the Party of the Democratic Left. In the 1990s, he held several official positions in the National Council of Slovakia. In 1999, he was in the group of members of the Democratic Left, led by Robert Fico, who left the party and founded the Direction party. Thus, since 2002 he has been a member of the National Council and from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2016 he was its Deputy Speaker.
Číž died on 29 December 2022, at the age of 68. His seat was taken by Katarína Roth Neveďalová.