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Ministry of Defence (Czech Republic)

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Ministry of Defence
of the Czech Republic
Ministerstvo obrany České republiky
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Insignia of Ministry of Defence
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Ministry of Defence building in Prague
Agency overview
Formed8 December 1992
Preceding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of the Czech Republic
HeadquartersTychonova 1, 160 01 Prague 6
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Agency executive
Child agencies
Websitemocr.mo.gov.cz

The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky, MO ČR) is the primary agency of the Czech Republic responsible for the planning and carrying-out of defence policy. It is the Czech Republic's ministry of defence. It is the direct successor of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence. Its current headquarters is located in Prague. The current Minister of Defence is Jaromír Zůna, who has been in office since 15 December 2025.[1]

As of January 1, 2024, 27,826 professional soldiers were in the Ministry of Defence, of which 3988 women were in the Ministry of Defence. These figures reflect the number of members of the Army of the Czech Republic as well as soldiers operating directly in the Ministry and its subordinate organizations.[2]

List of ministers

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The following people have served as ministers of defence:[3]

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Cabinet(s) Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 File:A Baudys 2010.jpg Antonín Baudyš 30 December 1992 21 September 1994 1 year, 265 days KDU-ČSL Klaus I
2 File:No image.png Vilém Holáň 22 September 1994 4 July 1996 1 year, 286 days KDU-ČSL Klaus I
3 File:Miloslav Výborný 1997.jpg Miloslav Výborný 4 July 1996 2 January 1998 1 year, 182 days KDU-ČSL Klaus II
4 File:No image.png Michal Lobkowicz 2 January 1998 22 July 1998 201 days Civic Democratic Party Tošovský
Freedom Union – Democratic Union
5 File:Vladimír Vetchý, 980918-D-9880W-159.jpg Vladimír Vetchý 22 July 1998 4 May 2001 2 years, 286 days Social Democracy Zeman
6 File:Jaroslav Tvrdik 2009 1.JPG Jaroslav Tvrdík (cs) 4 May 2001 9 June 2003 2 years, 36 days Social Democracy Zeman
Špidla
7 Miroslav Kostelka Miroslav Kostelka 9 June 2003 4 August 2004 1 year, 56 days Social Democracy Špidla
8 File:Karel kuhnl.jpg Karel Kühnl (cs) 4 August 2004 4 September 2006 2 years, 31 days Freedom Union – Democratic Union Gross
Paroubek
9 File:Jiri Sedivy.jpg Jiří Šedivý 4 September 2006 9 January 2007 127 days Independent for
Civic Democratic Party 		Topolánek I
10 File:Vlasta Parkanova.jpg Vlasta Parkanová 9 January 2007 8 May 2009 2 years, 119 days KDU-ČSL Topolánek II
11 File:Martin Bartak.jpg Martin Barták 8 May 2009 13 July 2010 1 year, 66 days Independent for
Civic Democratic Party 		Fischer
12 File:Alexandr Vondra 2015.JPG Alexandr Vondra 13 July 2010 7 December 2012 2 years, 147 days Civic Democratic Party Nečas
13 File:Karolína Peake.jpg Karolína Peake 12 December 2012 20 December 2012 8 days Order of the Nation Nečas
– File:Necas in Latvia (cropped).jpg Petr Nečas
acting 		21 December 2012 19 March 2013 88 days Civic Democratic Party Nečas
14 File:Picek Vlastimil 0774 clonned.jpg Vlastimil Picek 19 March 2013 29 January 2014 316 days Independent Nečas
Rusnok
15 File:Stropnicky (cropped).jpg Martin Stropnický 29 January 2014 13 December 2017 3 years, 318 days ANO 2011 Sobotka
16 File:Šlechtová Karla 2018.jpg Karla Šlechtová 13 December 2017 27 June 2018 196 days Independent for
ANO 2011 		Babiš I
17 File:Metnar 2018.jpg Lubomír Metnar 27 June 2018 17 December 2021 3 years, 173 days Independent for
ANO 2011 		Babiš II
18 File:220421-D-BN624-0291 (52020611483) (cropped).jpg Jana Černochová 17 December 2021 15 December 2025 3 years, 363 days Civic Democratic Party Fiala
19 File:Jaromír Zůna (cropped).jpg Jaromír Zůna 15 December 2025 Incumbent 201 days Independent for
SPD 		Babiš III

References

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