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Petr Fiala's Cabinet
The Cabinet of Petr Fiala is the current government of the Czech Republic, appointed on 17 December 2021. Following elections in October 2021, President Miloš Zeman asked Petr Fiala, as the leader of the Spolu alliance, to form a new government. On 17 November 2021 Fiala presented Zeman with the names of his proposed cabinet, and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new prime minister on 28 November 2021. Zeman met with all the ministerial nominees during the week following Fiala's appointment, expressing disagreement with the appointment of Jan Lipavský (Pirate Party) as foreign minister. The cabinet of Petr Fiala repeatedly saw the lowest government popularity ratings in a decade according to Czech public opinion polls. In September 2024 the cabinet experienced a serious crisis following extremely poor results for the government coalition parties in Czech regional and Senate elections. Fiala eventually sacked Ivan Bartoš, head of the coalition Pirate Party Pirate Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Zeman
Miloš Zeman (; born 28 September 1944) is a Czech politician who served as the third president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023. He also previously served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. As leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from 1993 to 2001, he is credited with the revival of the party into one of the country's major political forces. Zeman briefly served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies (Czech Republic), President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 1998. Born in Kolín to a modest family, Zeman joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1968, but was expelled two years later due to his opposition to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Warsaw Pact invasion. Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989, he joined the Czech Social Democratic Party, which he led into the 1996 Czech legislative election, 1996 election. Zeman became Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister following the 1998 Czech le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlastimil Válek
Vlastimil Válek (born 17 May 1960) is a Czech radiologist and politician, serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health since 17 December 2021, in the cabinet of Petr Fiala. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since 2017, representing TOP 09. Early life and professional career Válek was born in 1960 in Brno. He spent his childhood in Poštorná and Břeclav, and graduated from Břeclav Gymnazium in 1979. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University (MUNI) in 1985 with a degree in radiodiagnostics, and in the same year joined the staff of Brno University Hospital in Bohunice, where he is now head of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal tumors. Since 1993, he has also been working at the MUNI Faculty of Medicine as a professor of radiology. For the period from 2014 to 2017, he was elected chairman of the Czech Radiological Society of the Czech Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Interior (Czech Republic)
The Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic () is a government ministry tasked with responsibilities in public and internal security, citizenship, identity cards and social security numbers, as well as travel, border, immigration control and civil service among others. The ministry has under its jurisdiction police, Office for Foreign Relations and Information (ÚZSI), fire department and Czech Post. The current Minister of the Interior is Vít Rakušan, in office since 17 December 2021. Responsibilities * internal security * citizenship, identity cards, social security numbers * public archives and collections * firearms regulation * fire services * travel, border, immigration control See also * Law enforcement in the Czech Republic * Police of the Czech Republic * Crime in the Czech Republic * Human trafficking in the Czech Republic * Gun politics in the Czech Republic External links * Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Czech Republic
The prime minister of the Czech Republic (Czech: ''Předseda vlády České republiky'') is the head of the government of the Czech Republic and the '' de facto'' leader and most powerful member of the executive branch. The Constitution provides that certain presidential actions require the prime minister's countersignature, including in appointing judges and ambassadors, commanding the military, ratifying treaties and issuing amnesties. The current prime minister, Petr Fiala, leader of the ODS, was sworn-in by President Miloš Zeman on 17 December 2021, following the 2021 election and serves as 13th person in the office. Role The prime minister is also authorised to release a member of the government or from confidence, relating to classified information. By virtue of their position, they represent the Czech Republic in the European Council and are entitled to a diplomatic passport. The prime minister also serves as direct superior of the General Inspection of Security For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straka Academy
The Straka Academy (in Czech: ''Strakova akademie'') is the seat of the Government of the Czech Republic. It is a Neo-baroque building situated on the left bank of Vltava river, Malá Strana, Prague. It was designed by the architect Václav Roštlapil and built between 1891 and 1896. The building originally served as a dormitory for impoverished children of the Czech nobility Czech nobility consists of the noble families from historical Czech lands, especially in their narrow sense, i.e. nobility of Bohemia proper, Moravia and Austrian Silesia – whether these families originated from those countries or moved into .... References {{Prague-geo-stub Buildings and structures in Prague 1896 establishments in Austria-Hungary Government of the Czech Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Bartoš
Ivan Bartoš (born 20 March 1980) is a Czech civil rights activist and politician for the Czech Pirate Party, who served as the Minister of Regional Development and Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to September 2024. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since October 2017, and was chairman of the Pirate Party from 2009 to 2014, and again from 2016 to 2024. Early life Bartoš was born on 20 March 1980 in Jablonec nad Nisou, an industrial town in northern Bohemia. He studied information studies and librarianship at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague and participated in a student exchange program at the University of New Orleans. Subsequently, Bartoš worked in the IT industry and was elected chairman of the Pirate Party in October 2009. Political career Leader of the Pirate Party Bartoš led the party into its first national elections in 2010, with the Pirates receiving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Lipavský
Jan Lipavský (born 2 July 1985) is a Czech politician and information technology manager who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic since December 2021, in the Petr Fiala's Cabinet, Cabinet of Petr Fiala. A former member of the Czech Pirate Party, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies from October 2017 to October 2021. Early life and education Lipavský graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University with a bachelor's degree in Area studies. During his studies, he attended University of Kent through the Erasmus programme, Erasmus study program. Political career Member of parliament In the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, Lipavský was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Pirate Party. He also ran in the 2021 Czech parliamentary election, 2021 parliamentary election, but was not ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladá Fronta Dnes
''Mladá fronta Dnes'' (), also known as ''MF Dnes'' or simply ''Dnes'', is a daily newspaper based in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south .... As of 2016, it is the second-largest Czech newspaper, after the tabloid '' Blesk''. History and profile ''Mladá fronta Dnes'' is owned by Mafra a.s., a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Mafra was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei - und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH, the publisher of the '' Rheinische Post'' that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994. The newspaper is published in Berliner format. It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politico Europe
''Politico Europe'' (stylized as ''POLITICO Europe'') is the European edition of the American news organization '' Politico'' reporting on political affairs of the European Union. Its headquarters are located in Brussels with additional offices in London, Berlin, Warsaw, Paris, and Frankfurt. In September 2014, ''Politico'' formed a joint venture with German publisher Axel Springer SE to launch its European edition. In December 2014, the joint venture announced its acquisition of ''Development Institute International'', a leading French conference business, and ''European Voice'', a European political newspaper previously part of the Economist Group, to be relaunched under the ''Politico'' brand. Among the participants of the launch event on April 21, 2015, was President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. ''Politico Europe'' debuted with its first print issue two days later, on April 23, 2015. The main sources of revenu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spolu (Czech Republic)
Spolu (, stylized as SPOLU) is a Czech centre-right political alliance composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. It forms the current Czech government, in coalition with the Mayors and Independents. Initially formed for the 2021 legislative election, it will compete in the upcoming 2025 election with Petr Fiala as its leader and nominee for prime minister. History Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 began negotiations about a potential centre-right electoral alliance for the 2021 legislative election. The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020. Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta Pekarová Adamová signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would form an electoral alliance for the next legislative election, with ODS leader Fiala as the alliance's candidate for prime minister. On 11 November 2020, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Czech Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8 and 9 October 2021. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies were elected, with the leader of the resulting government to become the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Following the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, 2017 parliamentary elections, the country had been ruled by a minority government consisting of ANO (political party), ANO, led by prime minister Andrej Babiš, and the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), led by interior minister Jan Hamáček, with confidence and supply support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) until April 2021. The largest opposition party was the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party (ODS), followed by the Czech Pirate Party. Other parties in the Chamber of Deputies included Freedom and Direct Democracy, SPD, TOP 09, Mayors and Independents, STAN, and KDU-ČSL. Babiš ran again as leader o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
