Bohata, Marie
In September 2004 the Commission appointed Marie Bohata as the new Deputy Director- General at Eurostat (European Statistical Office) in Luxembourg.
She was until then vice-rector and professor at the University of International and Public Relations in Prague. From 1999-2003 she was President of the Czech Statistical Office.
In addition to her responsibility for dealing wqith ethical issues in statistics, Marie Bohata also presided over the Czech chapter of transparency.org, with which she remains in close contact.
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From the Commission's press release: "She will ensure the implementation of...quality standards...and develop ethical codes and measures to guarantee the independence of European statistics."
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See also: Eurostat, Eurostat scandale, Transparency
Article: http://radio.cz/print/en/58883
http://www.transparency.cz / http://transparency.org