Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic

Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Ministr obrany České republiky
Incumbent Martin Stropnický since January 29, 2014
Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
Member of	Cabinet
Appointer	Prime Minister
Formation	8 December 1992
Website	www.army.cz

The Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ministr obrany České republiky) is the leader of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic and member of the Government of the Czech Republic, Cabinet and the National Security Council of the Czech Republic. The Minister of Defence's power over the Military of the Czech Republic is second only to that of the President. The Minister of Defence is appointed by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and confirmed alongside with the whole government by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

The current and 16th Minister of Defence is Martin Stropnický, serving since 29 January 2014.

List of Ministers of Defence of the Czech Republic

• Antonín Baudyš (2 July 1992 – 21 September 1994)
• Vilém Holáň (22 September 1994 – 4 July 1996)
• Miloslav Výborný (4 July 1996 – 2 January 1998)
• Michal Lobkowicz (2 January 1998 – 22 July 1998)
• Vladimír Vetchý (22 July 1998 – 4 May 2001)
• Jaroslav Tvrdík (4 May 2001 – 9 June 2003)
• Miroslav Kostelka (9 July 2003 – 4 August 2004)
• Karel Kühnl (4 August 2004 – 4 September 2006)
• Jiří Šedivý (4 September 2006 – 9 January 2007)
• Vlasta Parkanová (9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009)
• Martin Barták (8 May 2009 – 13 July 2010)
• Alexandr Vondra (13 July 2010 – 7 December 2012)
• Karolína Peake (12 – 20 December 2012)
• Petr Nečas (21 December 2012 – 18 March 2013)
• Vlastimil Picek (19 March 2013 – 29 January 2014)
• Martin Stropnický (29 January 2014 – Present)