Jan Lipavský (born 2 July 1985) is a Czech politician and IT manager, who has served as

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of the

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since December 2021, in the

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. A member of the

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, he was previously a member of the

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from October 2017 to October 2021.

Early life

Lipavský was born in

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on 2 July 1985. He majored in international

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at the

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, graduating with a

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. He joined the Erasmus Programme for two semesters at the

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Political career

Lipavský served as a member of the

from 2017 to 2021. Following the

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, he was appointed

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. President

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expressed his opposition to the appointment of Lipavský as foreign minister.

Honours

* 30 August 2022 -

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from Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

for supporting

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References

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Jan Lipavský
on Czech Pirate Party website {{Authority control 1985 births 21st-century Czech politicians Czech Pirate Party MPs Living people Charles University alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2017–2021) Foreign Ministers of the Czech Republic Politicians from Prague Czech Pirate Party Government Ministers Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class