Karla Šlechtová (born 22 May 1977) is a
Czech
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politician and economist who served as
Minister of Defence
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from December 2017 to June 2018. Previously, she also served as
Minister of Regional Development from 2014 to 2017. Šlechtová has also been Member of the
Chamber of Deputies (MP) since October 2017.
In March 2017, she became the first active politician in the Czech Republic to
come out as lesbian.
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1977 births
People from Karlovy Vary
Living people
ANO 2011 Government ministers
University of West Bohemia alumni
Female defence ministers
Defence ministers of the Czech Republic
Regional Development ministers of the Czech Republic
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2017–2021)
Women government ministers of the Czech Republic
LGBT legislators
LGBT government ministers
Czech LGBT politicians
Czech lesbians
Lesbian politicians