Jiří Šedivý
Jiří Šedivý (born 20 August 1963) is a Czech politician and diplomat. Although not member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Šedivý has served in various ministerial positions in ODS-led governments. Specifically, he served as Minister of Defence (September 2006 - January 2007) and as Deputy Minister for European Affairs (January 2007 - August 2007) under Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek, and again as Deputy Minister of Defence (November 2010 to August 2012) under Prime Minister Petr Nečas. In September 2007, he became the highest-ranking Czech in NATO's history when he became the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning. Šedivý also served as Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO, between September 2012 and July 2019. On 1 September 2019, Šedivý was appointed by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs as special envoy for resilience and new threats in the fight against misinformation and hostile influence of foreign powers. He was ...
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Jiří Šedivý (1953)
Jiří Šedivý (3 January 1953) is a retired Czech Army army general. He was the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army from 1 May 1998 to 30 November 2002. Early life and education Šedivý was born in Příbram. He attended the military gymnasium in Moravská Třebová and graduated from the Military University of the Ground Forces in Vyškov in 1975. Šedivý later graduated from the Military Academy Brno. From 1993 to 1994 he attended the United States Army War College in Carlisle. Career His initial assignment was to 57nd Motor Rifle Regiment in Stříbro. He served as a company commander. In 1978 Šedivý commanded the 2st Battalion, 18th Tank Regiment in Tábor. In 1982 he was assigned as the executive officer for the 18th Tank Regiment. In 1985 Šedivý served as commander of the 17th Tank Regiment in Týn nad Vltavou. Through the mid-1990s he commanded the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade. In 1996 he represented the Czech Army in the Implementation Force T ...
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Petr Nečas
Petr Nečas (; born 19 November 1964) is a Czech former politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Civic Democratic Party from 2010 to 2013, and as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1993 to 2013. Born in Uherské Hradiště, Nečas earned a doctor of natural sciences degree in physics at Masaryk University in Brno. In 1991, he was one of the co-founders of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). Becoming an MP in 1993, he served as a member of the Foreign Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and three years later he became Chairman of the Committee on Security. In 2006 Nečas was appointed as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs under the leadership of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. In the Chamber of Deputies, he was given the nickname ''Fidel'' by the communist MPs due to his long filibustering speeches. The 2010 legislative election led to Nečas becoming Prime Minister as the head of a coalition government with TOP 09 and Pu ...
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Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Government Ministers
Civic Democratic Party may refer to: *Civic Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina), a political party in Bosnia *Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), a political party in the Czech Republic **Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia), former Slovak wing of the party in Czechoslovakia *Civic Democratic Party (Hungary), a political party in Hungary *Civic Democratic Party (Lithuania), a political party in Lithuania *Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland The Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei Schweiz, BDP; french: Parti bourgeois démocratique suisse, PBD; it, Partito Borghese Democratico Svizzero, PBD; rm, , PBD; ''Swiss Democratic Bourgeois ...