Czech Republic is a unitary parliamentary constitutional 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. Czech Parliament is bicameral,the upper house of the Parliament is the Senate,the lower house of the Parliament 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 Constitutional Court,Supreme Court and Supreme Administrative Court.
The highest legal document is the Constitution of the Czech Republic,complemented by constitutional laws and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. The current constitution went in effect on 1 January 1993,after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
The chairman of the Government of the Czech Republic,commonly referred to in English as the prime minister of the Czech Republic,is the head of the Government of the Czech Republic. The prime minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Chamber of Deputies. The current prime minister,Petr Fiala,leader of the ODS,was appointed by the president on 28 November 2021,and serves as 13th person in the office.
The Czech Social Democratic Party 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.
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.
The Prague University of Economics and Business (PUEB)(originally:the University of Economics,Prague;Czech:Vysokáškola ekonomickáv Praze,VŠE) is a triple crown accredited Economics and business-oriented public university located in Prague,Czech Republic. It is the largest university in the field of economics,business,and information technology in the Czech Republic,with 14 000 students across its bachelors,masters,doctoral,and MBA programmes. It is considered the best business school in Czech Republic and one of the best in Central and Eastern Europe. It is also a part of CEMS global alliance.
The Government of the Czech Republic exercises executive power in the Czech Republic. The members of the government are the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic,the deputy prime minister and other ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Czech Republic.
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 Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1996 to 2018. Sobotka also served as the minister of Finance from 2002 to 2006.
Richard Wagner is a Canadian jurist serving as the 18th and current Chief Justice of Canada since 2017. He previously served as a Puisne Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal (2011–2012) and of the Supreme Court of Canada (2012–2017).
Petr Fiala is a Czech politician and political scientist who has served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic since 17 December 2021. He has been leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 2014 and previously served as the Minister of Education,Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013.
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 politician and businessman who served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from December 2017 to December 2021. He previously served as the minister of Finance and deputy prime minister from 2014 to 2017 in Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet. He has been founding leader of the party ANO 2011 (ANO) since 2012.
Milan Chovanec is a Czech politician who served as Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017 and served as acting Leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from June 2017 to February 2018. He was also a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 26 October 2013 until his resignation on 14 April 2019. Previously he served as governor of Pilsen Region between 2010 and 2014 and as Member of Pilsen Town Council from 2002 until 2010.
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,serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since 17 December 2021. He was previously appointed as the Minister of Agriculture in the government of Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017.
Jan Hamáček is a Czech politician who was leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) from February 2018 until October 2021,and minister of the Interior from June 2018 to December 2021. He also served as the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2017,and was acting minister of Foreign Affairs from June to October 2018 and from 12 to 21 April 2021. Hamáček was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2021.
Ivan Bartoš is a Czech software architect,civil rights activist,politician,serving as the Minister of Regional Development and Deputy Prime Minister for Digitization in the governing Cabinet of Petr Fiala since December 2021. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since October 2017,and chairman of the Czech Pirate Party since 2016,previously holding the title between 2009 and 2014.
Alena Schillerová is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Andrej Babišfrom 13 December 2017 to 17 December 2021. Schillerováwas the first woman in the history of the Czech Republic to hold the office.
Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni is a Tongan politician,Cabinet Minister,and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga who is the prime minister-designate of Tonga. From 2014 to 2017 he was Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga.
Vlastimil Válek is a Czech radiologist and politician,serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health since 17 December 2021,in the cabinet of Petr Fiala. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since 2017,representing TOP 09.
