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Cyril Svoboda | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
In office 15 July 2002 – 4 August 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimír Špidla |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 15 July 2002 – 16 August 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimír Špidla Stanislav Gross Jiří Paroubek |
Preceded by | Jan Kavan |
Succeeded by | Alexandr Vondra |
Leader of KDU-ČSL | |
In office 30 May 2009 – 29 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Jiří Čunek |
Succeeded by | Pavel Bělobrádek |
In office 26 May 2001 – 8 November 2003 | |
Preceded by | Jan Kasal |
Succeeded by | Miroslav Kalousek |
Minister of Regional Development | |
In office 23 January 2009 – 8 May 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
Preceded by | Jiří Čunek |
Succeeded by | Rostislav Vondruška |
Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the Legislative Council | |
In office 9 January 2007 – 23 January 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
Preceded by | Jiří Pospíšil |
Succeeded by | Pavel Svoboda |
Minister of Interior | |
In office 2 January 1998 – 22 July 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Josef Tošovský |
Preceded by | Jindřich Vodička |
Succeeded by | Václav Grulich |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 20 June 1998 – 3 June 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 25 November 1956
Political party | KDU-ČSL |
Alma mater | Charles University |
Cyril Svoboda (born 25 November 1956) is a Czech politician, who was leader of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) in 2001–2003 and 2009–2010, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1998–2010. During his political career he held several ministerial positions, including Deputy Prime Minister (July 2002 – August 2004) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (July 2002–September 2006). He founded the Diplomatic Academy in Prague in 2011 and is currently lecturing at several universities in Prague.