The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic ( cs, Ministerstvo obrany České republiky, MO ČR) is the primary agency of the Czech Republic responsible for the planning and carrying-out of

defense policy Military policy (also called defence policy or defense policy) is public policy dealing with multinational security and the military. It comprises the measures and initiatives that governments do or do not take in relation to decision-making and ...

. It is the Czech Republic's

ministry of defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...

. It is the direct successor of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence. Its current headquarters is located in Prague. The current Minister of Defence is

Jana Černochová Jana Černochová (born 26 October 1973) is a Czech politician, serving as Czech Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala since December 2021. She has been a member of the Czech parliament since 2010, representing the Civic Democratic Pa ...

, in office since 17 December 2021.

List of Ministers

Antonín Baudyš Antonín Baudyš (9 September 1946 – 24 August 2010) was a Czech academic and politician who served as defense minister from 1993 to 1994. He was the first defense minister of the Czech Republic. Early life and education Baudyš was born in ...

(2 July 1992 – 21 September 1994) *

Vilém Holáň Vilém Holáň (23 September 1938 – 5 March 2021) was a Czech politician who served as Minister of Defense for KDU-ČSL from 1994 to 1996, during which he favored Czech accession to NATO. He was an observer to the European Parliament in 2003 a ...

(22 September 1994 – 4 July 1996) *

Miloslav Výborný Miloslav Výborný (born 1952) is a Czech politician of KDU-ČSL. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1990 to after the 2002 elections, serving as defense minister from 1996. He served as a justice on the Constitutional Court of the Cz ...

(4 July 1996 – 2 January 1998) *

Michal Lobkowicz Michal Lobkowicz (born 1964) is a former Czech politician and member of the Lobkowicz family. In 1998, he briefly served as Ministry of Defence (Czech Republic), defense minister in the Cabinet of Josef Tošovský, cabinet of Josef Tošovský, at th ...

(2 January 1998 – 22 July 1998) *

Vladimír Vetchý Vladimír Vetchý (born 1949) is a former Czech politician for Czech Social Democratic Party. He served as defense minister A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regul ...

(22 July 1998 – 4 May 2001) *

Jaroslav Tvrdík Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

(4 May 2001 – 9 June 2003) *

Miroslav Kostelka Miroslav Kostelka (born 31 January 1951) is a Czech diplomat and politician. Career He served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Russian Federation in 2005–2009. In 2003–2004 he served in the cab ...

(9 July 2003 – 4 August 2004) *

Karel Kühnl Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley, talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel, Dutch painter Business * Karel Electronics, a Turkish electronics manufacturer * ...

(4 August 2004 – 4 September 2006) * Jiří Šedivý (4 September 2006 – 9 January 2007) *

Vlasta Parkanová Vlasta Parkanová, née Trnovcová (born 21 November 1951) is a Czech politician who served from January 2007 to May 2009 as the minister of Defence and shortly as minister of Justice between 1997 and 1998. She was member of the Chamber of De ...

(9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009) *

Martin Barták Martin Barták (born 14 February 1967) is a Czech politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that gove ...

(8 May 2009 – 13 July 2010) * Alexandr Vondra (13 July 2010 – 7 December 2012) * Karolína Peake (12 – 20 December 2012) * Petr Nečas (21 December 2012 – 18 March 2013) * Vlastimil Picek (19 March 2013 – 29 January 2014) * Martin Stropnický (29 January 2014 – 13 December 2017) *

Karla Šlechtová Karla Šlechtová (born 22 May 1977) is a Czech politician and economist who served as Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed f ...

(13 December 2017 – 27 June 2018) * Lubomír Metnar (27 June 2018 – 17 December 2021) *

(17 December 2021 – ''incumbent'')

References

External links

Official website
Defence Defence ministries {{CzechRepublic-gov-stub