Richard Brabec

Richard Brabec
MP
Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Assumed office
13 December 2017
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
Preceded by Pavel Bělobrádek
Minister of the Environment
Assumed office
29 January 2014
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka
Andrej Babiš
Preceded by Tomáš Podivínský
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office
24 May 2017 – 13 December 2017
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka
Preceded by Andrej Babiš
Succeeded by Jan Hamáček (2018)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
26 October 2013
Personal details
Born (1966-07-05) 5 July 1966
Kladno, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political party ODS (1991–1997)
ANO 2011 (2012–present)
Alma mater Charles University in Prague

Richard Brabec (born 5 July 1966) is a Czech politician, who serves as Czech Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister.

Career

A former manager in the chemical industry (Unipetrol, Spolana Neratovice and Lovochemie), Brabec first entered the Chamber of Deputies in October 2013, elected for ANO 2011.

Since January 2014, he has been the Czech Minister for the Environment, in the government of Bohuslav Sobotka,[1] and later under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Since 13 December 2017 he has been the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Brabec" (in Czech). Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 1 June 2014.


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