Jana Maláčová (born 24 June 1981) is a Czech politician and member of the
Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).
In July 2018
she took up the post as the
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech Republic in the
Government led by
Andrej Babiš
Andrej Babiš (; born 2 September 1954) is a Czech politician and businessman of Slovak descent who served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. Babis previously served as the Minister of Finance and deputy Prime Minister ...
. Between March 2019
and December 2021 she was also deputy chairperson of the
ČSSD
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.
She was a candidate in the
December 2021 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election.
Life
Jana Maláčová was born 24 June 1981 in the town of
Uherské Hradiště. is educated at
Goethe University in
Frankfurt DE,
and
London School of Economics (LSE) in the UK.
After finishing her undergraduate studies in 2007, Maláčová worked for the
Ministry of Regional Development. Between 2012 and 2014 she worked as the representative for the
Senate of the Czech Republic to the European Parliament in Brussels and later served as communications director for the Czech Government on European Union issues. In June 2015, she was appointed the head of Family and Aging policy at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, before becoming Minister on 30 July 2018 following the resignation of
Petr Krčál. She speaks
Czech,
German
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**Ger ...
, and
English.
Ms. Maláčová is married to Mr.
Aleš Chmelař and has a son.
References
1981 births
Goethe University Frankfurt alumni
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Czech Social Democratic Party Government ministers
Living people
Labour and Social Affairs ministers of the Czech Republic
People from Uherské Hradiště
Women government ministers of the Czech Republic
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