Jan Zahradil (born 20 March 1963)[1] is a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) who had been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2024.

Three years later, he became vice-chairman of the ODS.From his election to the Chamber of Deputies until 2006, Zahradil was the ODS shadow minister for Foreign Affairs.

In 1998, Zahradil was elected as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic[2] and held that position until 2004.

[9] One of the reasons for Jan Zahradil's departure from European politics was probably the connection of his ODS with other Czech center-right parties, TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL in the SPOLU coalition.

[13] Commenting on these events, Zahradil said: "The Council of Europe has made unilateral and biased decisions on Azerbaijan and it should be abolished".