Lubomír Zaorálek

Lubomír Zaorálek
10th Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
29 January 2014
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka
Preceded by Jan Kohout
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 July 2002  14 August 2006
Preceded by Václav Klaus
Succeeded by Miloslav Vlček
Personal details
Born (1956-09-06) 6 September 1956
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political party ČSS (1986–1989)
OF (1990–1991)
OH (1991–1994)
ČSSD (1994–present)
Other political
affiliations
National Front (1986–1989)
Alma mater Masaryk University
Religion Roman Catholicism

PhDr. Lubomír Zaorálek (born 6 September 1956) is a Czech politician and since 29 January 2014 he is serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka.

Early life

He was born on 6 September 1956 in Ostrava,[1] and graduated Jan Evangelista Purkyně University (today Masaryk University) in Brno in 1982.[2] He worked as a dramaturge at Czechoslovak Television in Ostrava.[3]

Political career

During Velvet Revolution in November 1989 he participated at Civic Forum.[4]

Zaorálek was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1996 as member of political party ČSSD and later in 2009 he has become first vice chairman. In 2013, he also was Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Lubomír Zaorálek meeting President of Israel Reuven Rivlin. April 4, 2016

He has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 29 January 2014 in the Cabinet of ČSSD leader and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka. He is the 10th Minister of Foreign Affairs since its creation in 1993.[5]

References

  1. http://lubomirzaoralek.cz/zivotopis.php
  2. "CV of Lubomir Zaoralek" (in Czech). Pronet Media Ostrava. 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. "Filmova databaze FDB" (in Czech). Filmová databáze s.r.o. (FDb.cz). Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "CSSD" (in Czech). Czech Social Democratic Party. January 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. "Lubomír Zaorálek". Government of the Czech Republic. January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Václav Klaus
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
2002–2006
Succeeded by
Miloslav Vlček
Preceded by
Jan Kohout
Minister of Foreign Affairs
2014–present
Incumbent
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