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Jaroslav Bžoch served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2024, where he held the position of Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and was also a member of the European Affairs Committee. As a member of these committees, he focused on parliamentary diplomacy and participated in several programs in the United States, where he had the opportunity to shadow influential Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, gaining valuable experience. In 2024, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. Within the EU, his main areas of focus are migration and security.

Bžoch has been actively involved in politics since 2011, when he became a member of the ANO 2011 movement. In 2014, he was elected as a councilor in the municipal elections for the city of Teplice, where he engaged in activities within the financial committee. He also served as a regional councilor for the Ústí nad Labem Region. Until 2017, he worked in logistics, specifically in maritime and air transport, including a year of experience in New Zealand. He later worked as a Key Account Manager at A.P. Moller - Maersk.

He earned a bachelor's degree in Business Economics and Management from Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem and a master's degree in International Relations and European Studies from the Metropolitan University in Prague. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and engaging in sports. His greatest passions are crossfit and rugby league, where he has been a long-time representative of the Czech national team. In the past, he played abroad and is currently a member of the RLC Dragons Krupka team, with which he has won the Czech national championship title twice in the top domestic competition of this sport.