Petr Gandalovič (born 15 August 1964) is a

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politician and one of the founding members of the Civic Democratic Party. He served as the Czech Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2017.

Education

Gandalovič attended secondary school in

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from 1978 to 1982, continuing on to the School of Mathematics and Physics at

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in Prague from 1982 to 1987. He subsequently taught in a secondary school in Ústí nad Labem until 1990.

Political career

In 1989, Gandalovič was a founder member of the

Civic Forum The Civic Forum (, OF) was a political movement in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, established during the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The corresponding movement in Slovakia was called Public Against Violence ( – VPN). The Civic Forum's purpo ...

, and was elected as a Member of the Federal Assembly in 1990. The following year he was one of the founders of the breakaway Civic Democratic Party. In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment, and in 1994 he became an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 1997 and 2002 he was the Consul General of the Czech Republic in

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, before returning to the Czech Republic to serve one term as the Mayor of

. In 2006 Gandalovič was one of four people appointed Vice-chairman of the Civic Democratic Party, alongside

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, Petr Bendl, and

Petr Nečas Petr Nečas (; born 19 November 1964) is a Czech former politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Civic Democratic Party from 2010 to 2013, and as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1993 to 20 ...

. He served in the First Cabinet of Mirek Topolánek as Minister for Regional Development (2006–2007) before being named as Minister for Agriculture in January 2007 in Topolánek's Second Cabinet, which was dissolved in May 2009 after the government lost a

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. Gandalovič became Czech Ambassador to the United States in 2011, remaining in the post until being replaced in 2017 by

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References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gandalovic, Petr 1964 births Living people Politicians from Prague Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) MPs Agriculture ministers of the Czech Republic Regional Development ministers of the Czech Republic Mayors of places in the Czech Republic Ambassadors of the Czech Republic to the United States Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Government ministers Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) mayors Young Conservatives (Czech Republic) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2006–2010) Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2010–2013) Members of the Chamber of the Nations of Czechoslovakia (1990–1992) Charles University alumni