Petr Gandalovič (born 15 August 1964) is a Czech politician and one of the founding members of the Civic Democratic Party. He served as the Czech Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2017.[1]
Petr Gandalovič | |
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| Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 7 July 2011 – 16 January 2017 | |
| President | Václav Klaus Miloš Zeman |
| Preceded by | Petr Kolář |
| Succeeded by | Hynek Kmoníček |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
| Preceded by | Milena Vicenová |
| Succeeded by | Jakub Šebesta |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 3 June 2006 – 1 March 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1964 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | ODS |
Education
editGandalovič attended secondary school in Ústí nad Labem from 1978 to 1982, continuing on to the School of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague from 1982 to 1987. He subsequently taught in a secondary school in Ústí nad Labem until 1990.
Political career
editIn 1989, Gandalovič was a founder member of the Civic Forum, and was elected as a Member of the Federal Assembly in 1990. The following year he was one of the founders of the breakaway Civic Democratic Party.
In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment, and in 1994 he became an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 1997 and 2002 he was the Consul General of the Czech Republic in New York City,[2] before returning to the Czech Republic to serve one term as the Mayor of Ústí nad Labem.
In 2006 Gandalovič was one of four people appointed Vice-chairman of the Civic Democratic Party, alongside Ivan Langer, Petr Bendl, and Petr Nečas.[3] He served in the First Cabinet of Mirek Topolánek as Minister for Regional Development (2006–2007)[4] before being named as Minister for Agriculture in January 2007 in Topolánek's Second Cabinet,[5] which was dissolved in May 2009 after the government lost a vote of no confidence.
Gandalovič became Czech Ambassador to the United States in 2011,[6] remaining in the post until being replaced in 2017 by Hynek Kmoníček.[7]
References
edit- ^ Flamini, Roland. "Prague's Man in Washington Talks to Diplomatic Connections". Diplomatic Connections. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Former minister Petr Gandalovič described as hot candidate to be new US ambassador". Radio Prague. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "ODS má nové vedení, předsednický post obhájil Mirek Topolánek". irozhlas.cz (in Czech). 19 November 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Prezident jmenoval Topolánkovu vládu". lidovky.cz (in Czech). 4 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "NKÚ: Ministerstvo zemědělství zpronevěřilo miliardu". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Gandalovič se představil Obamovi a ujal se úřadu nového velvyslance ČR". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 8 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Kmoníček bude novým českým velvyslancem v USA. Američané s tím souhlasili, oznámil Hrad" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
External links
edit- Personal website (in Czech)