Ivan David

Ivan David (born 24 September 1952 in Prague)^[1] is a Czech psychiatrist, former Minister of Health and former director of the Psychiatric Hospital of Bohnice.

For the wrestler, see Ivan David (wrestler).

Ivan David
Ivan David in 2024
Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Minister of Health
In office 22 July 1998 – 9 December 1999
Prime Minister	Miloš Zeman
Preceded by	Zuzana Roithová
Succeeded by	Vladimír Špidla
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 20 June 1998 – 20 June 2002
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-24) 24 September 1952 (age 72) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	SPD (2019–present)
Other political affiliations	SOCDEM (1993–2015)
Alma mater	Charles University
Occupation	Psychiatrist • Politician

He graduated from Prague High School and the Faculty of General Medicine of Charles University. He then worked as a psychiatrist. From 1998 to 2002, he was a Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats, and from 1998 to 1999, he was Minister of Health. He is the grandson of Jindřich Šnobl (1903-1971), a former deputy managing director of ČKD-Stalingrad. Ivan David was a director of the psychiatric hospital in Bohnice until April 2008.^[2]

Ivan David is election leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy in 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic.

On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez.^[3][4]