The Czech Republic is a unitary parliamentary republic,in which the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the Government of the Czech Republic,which reports to the Chamber of Deputies. The legislature is exercised by the Parliament. The Czech Parliament is bicameral:the upper house of the Parliament is the Senate,and the lower house is the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate consists of 81 members who are elected for six years. The Chamber of Deputies consists of 200 members who are elected for four years. The judiciary system is topped by the trio of the Constitutional Court,Supreme Court and Supreme Administrative Court.
Social Democracy,known as the Czech Social Democratic Party until 10 June 2023,is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views,it is a member of the Party of European Socialists,the Socialist International,and the Progressive Alliance. Masaryk Democratic Academy is the party-affiliated's think tank.
The Civic Democratic Party is a conservative and economic liberal political party in the Czech Republic. The party sits centre-right on the political spectrum,and holds 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies,and is the second strongest party by number of seats following the 2021 election. It is the only political party in the Czech Republic that has maintained an uninterrupted representation in the Chamber of Deputies.
Pavel Telička is a Czech lobbyist,politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Czech Republic. He previously served as European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection from May 2004 to November 2004. He was a member of ANO 2011,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe,until 2017 when he quit amid disagreements with leader Andrej Babiš.
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon,Baron Benyon,,is a British politician who has served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household since 4 November 2024. He previously was Minister of State for Climate,Environment and Energy from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 2005 to 2019.
The Security Information Service is the primary domestic national intelligence agency of the Czech Republic. It is responsible for collecting,analyzing,reporting and disseminating intelligence on threats to Czech Republic's national security,and conducting operations,covert and overt,both domestically and abroad. It also reports to and advises the Government of the Czech Republic on national security issues and situations that threaten the security of the nation.
Alexandr Vondra is a Czech politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic from 2010 to 2012 under Prime Minister Petr Nečas and has been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,also known as the Cabinet,is the junior institution in the executive branch of the central authority governing the Democratic Republic of the Congo,the senior institution being the President of the Republic. The President is the head of state whereas the Prime Minister is the head of government.
Petr Nečas 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 2013.
Lubomír Zaorálek is a Czech politician,who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017,and Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Andrej Babišfrom 2019 to 2021. He was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1996 to 2021,and unsuccessfully ran for the premiership in the 2017 election but his Social Democratic Party received only 7% of the vote.
Bohuslav Sobotka is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from January 2014 to December 2017 and Leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) from 2010 until his resignation in June 2017. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1996 to 2018. Sobotka also served as minister of Finance from 2002 to 2006.
Petr Fiala is a Czech politician and political scientist who has been the prime minister of the Czech Republic since December 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.
The Czech Republic provides a wide variety of civil rights to female citizens and Czech women have a long history of actively participating in Czech society. However,women in the Czech Republic continue to experience gender discrimination,particularly in the workforce and political arena.
Andrej Babiš is a Czech businessman and politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Finance and deputy prime minister from 2014 to 2017. Babišhas been the founding leader of the political party ANO 2011 since 2012.
Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zaharieva is a Bulgarian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2017 to 2021 and on two occasions from 2013 to 2014. A member of the GERB party,she also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2021,Minister Justice from 2015 to 2017,Minister of Regional Development on two occasions from 2013 to 2014 and is currently a Member of the National Assembly.
JiříŠedivý is a Czech politician and diplomat.
Martin Stropnický is a Czech politician and diplomat who served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2017 to June 2018,and was previously minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. From 2 January 1998 to 22 July 1998 he also served as the minister of Culture. Before entering politics,he was an actor,songwriter,author and director.
Marian Jurečka is a Czech politician,who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs since 17 December 2021 and Minister of the Environment from November 2022 to March 2023,both in Petr Fiala's Cabinet. He was previously the Minister of Agriculture in Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet from 2014 to 2017.
Ivo Svoboda was a Czech politician and economist who served as 3rd Finance Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 1999 in government of Prime Minister MilošZeman. He became the first government minister of the Czech Republic to be imprisoned:he was handed a five-year jail term in 2005 and served three years of the sentence.
Ivan Bartoš is a Czech civil rights activist and politician for the Czech Pirate Party,who served as the Minister of Regional Development and Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to September 2024. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since October 2017,and was chairman of the Pirate Party from 2009 to 2014,and again from 2016 to 2024.
