| Jiří Kobza | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Office: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start: | 21 October 2017 |
| Party: | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1987–1989) Freedom and Direct Democracy (2015–present) |
Jiří Kobza (born 27 December 1955) is a Czech politician, civil servant, businessman and former diplomatic attaché.
Kobza studied geography at Charles University followed by postgraduate studies at the Prague University of Economics and Business.
As 31 year old, Kobza become a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in spring 1987, when he worked already seven years as a clerk at the foreign trade company . He was also a member of SSM, ROH and ČSTV.[1]
From 2000 to 2004 Kobza worked at the Czech Embassy in Tehran. First as a trade council, towards the end of the mission as the Chargé d'affaires.
He lived and worked in various countries in the Middle East specializing in the export of geological works before providing development assistance to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, covering disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[2]
In 2015, he became a member of the national-conservative Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and in 2017 was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Prague constituency.[3] Kobza caused a minor stir when he published a blog and a pamphlet instructing the public on how to defend themselves against the Islamization of the Czech Republic.[4]
In autumn 2024, Kobza supported Donald Trump as presidential candidate, while he criticized Kamala Harris for her "marxist background" and her "left wing ideology and progressivism". According to Kobza, he was a conservative even though he was a member of the communist party in the 80's.[1]