Miloslav Ransdorf
Member of the European Parliament
for Czech Republic
In office
1 May 2004 – 22 January 2016
Personal details
Born(1953-02-15)15 February 1953
Rakovník, Czechoslovakia
Died22 January 2016(2016-01-22) (aged 62)
Prague, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech
Political partyCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Occupationpolitician

Miloslav Ransdorf (15 February 1953 – 22 January 2016) was a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.[1]

Life

He upholded atheist viewpoints.[2] He died in office at Prague on 22 January 2016.[3]

Controversies

In 2013, Ransdorf was videotaped by Dutch newsblog Geenstijl, checking in at the European Parliament to claim 304 euro daily expenses fee and immediately leaving. When confronted, Ransdorf became engaged in a physical altercation with the reporter.[4]

In 2015, Ransdorf was detained in Zürich, Switzerland, with three men from Slovakia, after attempting to withdraw 350 million euros at the Zurich Cantonal Bank with false IDs.[5]

Ransdorf was involved in four car accidents, which led to speculation about drunk driving.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Miloslav Ransdorf" (in Czech). European Parliament. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Miloslav Ransdorf odpověděl na dotazy čtenářů iDNES". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 25 October 1999. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Miloslav Ransdorf zemřel". Novinky.cz. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ^ "geenstijl - YouTube". Geenstijl.tv. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  5. ^ "Radio Prague - Daily news summary - 04-12-2015 18:05". Radio.cz. 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  6. ^ APetr Weikert (2014-03-31). "A changing of the European Guard". Zpravy.e15.cz. Retrieved 2016-01-24.

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