Ministry of Defence (Czech Republic)

Ministry of Defence
of the Czech Republic
Ministerstvo obrany České republiky
	Insignia of Ministry of Defence
	; Ministry of Defence building in Prague
Agency overview
Formed	8 December 1992
Preceding agency	Czechoslovak Ministry of National Defence;
Jurisdiction	Government of the Czech Republic
Headquarters	Tychonova 1, 160 01 Prague 6; 50°5′43.22″N 14°24′11.45″E / 50.0953389°N 14.4031806°E
Agency executive	Jana Černochová, Minister;
Child agencies	Military Intelligence; University of Defence;
Website	mocr.mo.gov.cz

The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky, MO ČR) is the primary agency of the Czech Republic responsible for the planning and carrying-out of defence policy. It is the Czech Republic's ministry of defence. It is the direct successor of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence. Its current headquarters is located in Prague. The current Minister of Defence is Jana Černochová, who has been in office since 17 December 2021.^[1]

As of January 1, 2024, 27,826 professional soldiers were in the Ministry of Defence, of which 3988 women were in the Ministry of Defence. These figures reflect the number of members of the Army of the Czech Republic as well as soldiers operating directly in the Ministry and its subordinate organizations.^[2]

List of ministers

The following people have served as ministers of defence:^[3]

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Cabinet(s)	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Cabinet(s)	Ref.
1		Antonín Baudyš	30 December 1992	21 September 1994	1 year, 265 days		KDU-ČSL	Klaus I
2		Vilém Holáň	22 September 1994	4 July 1996	1 year, 286 days		KDU-ČSL	Klaus I
3		Miloslav Výborný	4 July 1996	2 January 1998	1 year, 182 days		KDU-ČSL	Klaus II
4		Michal Lobkowicz	2 January 1998	22 July 1998	201 days		Civic Democratic Party	Tošovský
4		Michal Lobkowicz	2 January 1998	22 July 1998	201 days		Freedom Union – Democratic Union	Tošovský
5		Vladimír Vetchý	22 July 1998	4 May 2001	2 years, 286 days		Social Democracy	Zeman
6		Jaroslav Tvrdík [cs]	4 May 2001	9 June 2003	2 years, 36 days		Social Democracy	Zeman
6		Jaroslav Tvrdík [cs]	4 May 2001	9 June 2003	2 years, 36 days		Social Democracy	Špidla
7		Miroslav Kostelka	9 June 2003	4 August 2004	1 year, 56 days		Social Democracy	Špidla
8		Karel Kühnl [cs]	4 August 2004	4 September 2006	2 years, 31 days		Freedom Union – Democratic Union	Gross
8		Karel Kühnl [cs]	4 August 2004	4 September 2006	2 years, 31 days		Freedom Union – Democratic Union	Paroubek
9		Jiří Šedivý	4 September 2006	9 January 2007	127 days		Independent for Civic Democratic Party	Topolánek I
10		Vlasta Parkanová	9 January 2007	8 May 2009	2 years, 119 days		KDU-ČSL	Topolánek II
11		Martin Barták	8 May 2009	13 July 2010	1 year, 66 days		Independent for Civic Democratic Party	Fischer
12		Alexandr Vondra	13 July 2010	7 December 2012	2 years, 147 days		Civic Democratic Party	Nečas
13		Karolína Peake	12 December 2012	20 December 2012	8 days		Order of the Nation	Nečas
–		Petr Nečas acting	21 December 2012	19 March 2013	88 days		Civic Democratic Party	Nečas
14		Vlastimil Picek	19 March 2013	29 January 2014	316 days		Independent	Nečas
14		Vlastimil Picek	19 March 2013	29 January 2014	316 days		Independent	Rusnok
15		Martin Stropnický	29 January 2014	13 December 2017	3 years, 318 days		ANO	Sobotka
16		Karla Šlechtová	13 December 2017	27 June 2018	196 days		Independent for ANO	Babiš I
17		Lubomír Metnar	27 June 2018	17 December 2021	3 years, 173 days		Independent for ANO	Babiš II
18		Jana Černochová	17 December 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 230 days		Civic Democratic Party	Fiala