Petr Moos (3 February 1946 –23 February 2024) was a Czech transportation engineer,academic and politician,who served as Minister of Transport in 1998. [1] From 1994,he served as the first dean of the Faculty of Transportation Sciences of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
In 2015,he received the Medal of Merit (first grade). [2] Moos died in February 2024,at the age of 78. [1]
The Czech Republic,also known as Czechia,is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia,it is bordered by Austria to the south,Germany to the west,Poland to the northeast,and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometers (30,452 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague;other major cities and urban areas include Brno,Ostrava,Plzeňand Liberec.
Petr Ginz was a Czechoslovak boy of partial Jewish background who was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto during the Holocaust. He was murdered at the age of sixteen when he was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp and gassed to death upon arrival. His diary was published after his death.
Petr Pithart is a Czech politician,lawyer and political scientist who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 6 February 1990 to 2 July 1992. He was also the Senator for Chrudim from 1996 to 2012 and served as President of the Senate from 8 January 1996 to 16 December 1998 and again from 19 December 2000 to 15 December 2004.
František Straka is a Czech former football player and current manager of Michalovce.
SlezskýFC Opava is a professional football club based in Opava,Czech Republic. The club plays in the Czech National Football League,the second of Czech football after being relegated from the Czech First League at the end of the 2020–21 season.
Petr Rada is a Czech football coach and former player. He represented Czechoslovakia internationally in the 1980s and managed the Czech Republic national football team between 2008 and 2009. He is well known for his arguments with fans or trainer colleagues and also for impulsive style of coaching.
Petr Gandalovič is a Czech 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.
The Mayors and Independents is a liberal political party in the Czech Republic,focused on localism,regionalism and subsidiarity. It holds 33 seats in the Chamber of Deputies,and is the third strongest party by number of seats following the 2021 election. In the Czech Senate,the STAN group has 19 members.
LukášKrpálek is a Czech heavyweight judoka. A former world champion,former European champion and former and current Olympic Champion. He is the most successful judoka in Czech and Czechoslovak history,and was named Czech Judoka of the Year eight times between 2008 and 2015.
Martin Kuba is a Czech politician who served as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic from November 2011 to July 2013. He was appointed to Petr Nečas's Cabinet on 16 November 2011. Since November 2020 he has been the Governor of the South Bohemian Region.
Zbyněk Stanjura is a Czech politician who has been serving as Minister of Finance in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since 17 December 2021. He was previously appointed to the Cabinet of Petr Nečas on 12 December 2012,serving as Minister of Transport until July 2013.
Petr Fiala is a Czech politician and political scientist who has been the prime minister of the Czech Republic since November 2021 and leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 2014. He previously served as the Minister of Education,Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013. Prior to entering politics,he was the rector of Masaryk University.
Škoda Transportation a.s. is a Czech engineering company that continues the legacy of Škoda Works' rolling stock manufacturing that started at the end of 19th century in Plzeň. Following the first world war,the Works commenced locomotive production in a separate factory dedicated to that purpose. This factory became a separate company in the 1990s. Today,Škoda Transportation develops and manufactures electric rail vehicles for urban and railway transport.
Petr Pavel is a Czech politician and retired army general,currently serving as the president of the Czech Republic since March 2023. Prior to this,he held the position of Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018,and served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces between 2012 and 2015.
Petr Ševčík is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for Slavia Prague and the Czech Republic national team. Having made his debut in the Czech First League in 2014,Ševčík has played most of his club football there,aside from the 2014–15 season,when he played in the second level.
Martin Kupka is a Czech politician who has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) since 2017. He currently serves as Minister of Transport in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala and previously served as mayor of Líbeznice.
The Party of Common Sense is a Czech nationalist political party,led by Petr Hannig.
Adam Vojtěch is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as Minister of Health from 13 December 2017 to 21 September 2020,in both the first and second cabinets of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš,and then for a second time from May until December 2021. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2017 until 2021.
Dominik Sváček is a Czech footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Zbrojovka Brno,on loan from Viktoria Plzeň.
The Cabinet of Petr Fiala is the current government of the Czech Republic,appointed on 17 December 2021. Following elections in October 2021,President MilošZeman 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.