Jiří Pospíšil Explained

Jiří Pospíšil
Office:Leader of TOP 09
Term Start:26 November 2017
Term End:24 November 2019
Predecessor:Miroslav Kalousek
Successor:Markéta Pekarová Adamová
Office1:Minister of Justice
Term Start1:13 July 2010
Term End1:27 June 2012
Primeminister1:Petr Nečas
Predecessor1:Daniela Kovářová
Successor1:Pavel Blažek
Term Start2:4 September 2006
Term End2:8 May 2009
Primeminister2:Mirek Topolánek
Predecessor2:Pavel Němec
Successor2:Daniela Kovářová
Office3:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start3:15 June 2002
Term End3:20 June 2014
Office4:Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic
Term Start4:1 July 2014
Term End4:15 July 2024
Title5:Chairman of the Government Legislative Council
Term Start5:13 July 2010
Term End5:13 July 2011
Primeminister5:Petr Nečas
Predecessor5:Pavel Zářecký
Successor5:Karolína Peake
Term Start6:4 September 2006
Term End6:9 January 2007
Primeminister6:Mirek Topolánek
Predecessor6:Pavel Zářecký
Successor6:Cyril Svoboda
Birth Date:24 November 1975
Birth Place:Chomutov, Czechoslovakia
Party:Civic Democratic Alliance
(1994–1998)
Civic Democratic Party
(1998–2014)
Independent as TOP 09
(2014–2017)
TOP 09
(2017–)
Profession:Lawyer

Jiří Pospíšil (born 24 November 1975) is a Czech politician, who was leader of TOP 09 from November 2017 until November 2019. As a deputy for the Civic Democratic Party, Pospíšil served twice as Czech Minister of Justice: between 2006 and 2009 under Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek, and then again from 2010 to 2012 in the government of Petr Nečas. Pospíšil was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 2002 to 2014.

Career

Born in Chomutov, Pospíšil graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of West Bohemia in 1999. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Dean of the same faculty. From 2010 until June 2012 he was Justice Minister again, in the Government of Petr Nečas.

Pospíšil, a former member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), ran in the 2014 European Parliament election for TOP 09. He received the most preferential votes of all candidates in the election.[1]

On 26 November 2017, he was elected leader of TOP 09, replacing co-founder Miroslav Kalousek.[2] He stepped down as leader on 24 November 2019.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Czech PM happy pro-European parties place in three top positions. Czech News Agency. 1 June 2014.
  2. Web site: Janetta. Roubková. Nový předseda TOP 09 je Pospíšil, první místopředsedkyní Pekarová. 'Jdeme pracovat na komunálních volbách.'. 26 November 2017. irozhlas.cz. 28 November 2017.