Zbyněk Stanjura

Zbyněk Stanjura (born 15 February 1964) is a Czech politician, who served as Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic from December 2012 to July 2013. He was appointed to Petr Nečas's Cabinet on 12 December 2012.[1] He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2010.

Zbyněk Stanjura

MP
Minister of Transport
In office
12 December 2012 – 10 July 2013
Prime MinisterPetr Nečas
Preceded byPavel Dobeš
Succeeded byZdeněk Žák
Leader of the Civic Democratic Party in the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
6 December 2013
Preceded byMarek Benda
In office
11 May 2011 – 18 December 2012
Preceded byPetr Tluchoř
Succeeded byMarek Benda
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
29 May 2010
Personal details
Born (1964-02-15) 15 February 1964
Opava, Czechoslovakia
Political partyCivic Democratic Party

Political career

He started his political career at communal level. As a member of ODS he was mayor of Opava from 2002 to 2010. In 2010 he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies and in December 2012 he was named minister of transport in Petr Nečas' Cabinet.

Since 2013, Stanjura has served as Chief Whip of the Civic Democratic Party under the leadership of Petr Fiala. He upheld his seat in 2017 elections and was elected chief whip once again.

References
  1. "Stanjura povede dopravu, Peake bude novou ministryní obrany". idnes.cz (in Czech). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.


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