Jaromír Štětina

Jaromír Štětina studied at Charles University and Prague University of Economics and Business. The recorded working language is Czech and Russian. The field of work recorded is politics, war journalism and aid agency. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg, Brussels and Prague. Positions recorded include Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Distinctions recorded are Czech Medal of Merit, 3rd class, Rudolf Medek Award, 1st of June Award and Ferdinand Peroutka Award.

• Name — Jaromír Štětina • Office — Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic • Term Start — 1 July 2014 • Term End — 1 July 2019 • Office2 — Senator from Prague 10 • Term Start2 — 13 November 2004 • Term End2 — 30 June 2014 • Predecessor2 — Zuzana Roithová • Successor2 — Ivana Cabrnochová • Born — 6 April 1943 • Birthplace — Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia • Died — 17 April 2025 • Place of death — Czech Republic • Party — TOP 09 Europe Together (2019) • Other Party — Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1967–1968) European People's Party (2019–2022) • Children — 1 • Alma Mater — Prague University of Economics and Business, Charles University in Prague • Website — http: jaromirstetina.cz

Štětina was born in Prague on 6 April 1943. From 1961 to 1967, he studied at the Prague University of Economics and Business. From 1965 until 1968, Štětina was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In 1968, he started working as a journalist for the newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, and his time there coincided with the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, during which the Soviet army seized control of the newspaper's offices. Štětina was subsequently fired due to his disagreement with the Warsaw Pact occupation. He subsequently worked as a geodesist, and while working, studied geology long-distance at Charles University in Prague, during which he organised 25 geologic or sport tours to Siberia and Asia. During the same years, Štětina wrote his most famous book, S matyldou po Indu, on the topic of rafting. In 1987, he started engaging in public speaking. In 1989, he co-founded a syndicate of journalists, ultimately resuming his work as a journalist, at the re-established Lidové noviny. In 1990 he began working as a foreign correspondent in Moscow, where he covered numerous conflicts in the former Soviet Union. In 1992, he founded the Lidových novin foundation. During 1993–1994 he was editor-in-chief of Lidové noviny. In 1994, he founded the journalism agency Epicentrum, dedicated to war reporting, with fellow journalist Petra Procházková. Štětina specialised in military conflicts, covering over 20 different conflict zones in Europe, Asia and Africa. He published 10 books, as well as dozens of documentaries, and many articles. Štětina died on 17 April 2025, at the age of 82.

In the 2004 elections to the Czech Senate, Štětina ran as an independent candidate under the umbrella of the Green Party. He won the election, becoming the senator for the Prague 10 district. From 2014 to 2019, Štětina served as a Member of the European Parliament representing TOP 09. On 11 February 2019, he founded his own political party, Europe Together (Evropa společně), to contest the 2019 European Parliament elections. He said that the party would join the European People's Party if elected. Europe Together eventually finished 15th, with 0.59% of the vote, and did not win any seats. Štětina was a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.

Jaromír Štětina worked in politics, war journalism, aid agency, climbing and geology. Recorded positions include Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and party leader. He belonged to Green Party, TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents. He worked at Strasbourg, Brussels and Prague.