Petr Bendl (born 24 January 1966) is a

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politician, who served as

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from October 2011 to July 2013 in Cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Nečas and briefly as

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under leadership of Prime Minister

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. Bendl is a former governor of the

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after serving two terms. He was Member of the

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(MP) between 2010 and 2017. Bendl is a graduate at Engineering and Textile University in Liberec. After a short spell as firefighter, he worked as director of Kladno district office and municipal office's departments. In 1991 Bendl entered the Civic Democratic Party and as the party's leader he was elected member of the Kladno city assembly in 1994 becoming

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of the city immediately. Bendl was also vice-president of the Union of Cities and Municipalities of the Czech Republic in 1997–1998. In 1998 he was elected into the

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(resigned in 2001 due to his regional career) as well into the Kladno assembly and was thus replaced by Milan Volf as the new Kladno mayor, staying only in the city council until 2000. In 2000 he was elected in the

assembly and became first Governor of the region. He defended his seat successfully in 2004. Bendl is married and has two sons - Tomáš and Daniel.

References

* ''Bendl Petr, Ing. - politik'' in Třeštík, Michael (ed.): ''Kdo je kdo. Osobnosti české současnosti''. Agentura Kdo je kdo, Praha 2005, p. 35.

External links

Personal website of Petr Bendl

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