Karla Šlechtová | |
Office: | Minister of Defence |
Primeminister: | Andrej Babiš |
Term Start: | 13 December 2017 |
Term End: | 27 June 2018 |
Predecessor: | Martin Stropnický |
Successor: | Lubomír Metnar |
Office1: | Minister of Regional Development |
Primeminister1: | Bohuslav Sobotka |
Term Start1: | 8 October 2014 |
Term End1: | 13 December 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Věra Jourová |
Successor1: | Klára Dostálová |
Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start2: | 21 October 2017 |
Term End2: | 21 October 2021 |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1977 |
Birth Place: | Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia |
Party: | Non-partisan, nominated by ANO 2011 |
Alma Mater: | University of West Bohemia |
Karla Šlechtová (born 22 May 1977) is a Czech politician and economist who served as Minister of Defence from December 2017 to June 2018. Previously, she also served as Minister of Regional Development from 2014 to 2017.[1] Šlechtová has also been Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) since October 2017.
In March 2017, she became the first active politician in the Czech Republic to come out as lesbian.[2]