Adam Vojtěch

Adam Vojtěch (born 2 October 1986) is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as Minister of Health from 13 December 2017 to 21 September 2020,[1] in both the first and second cabinets of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since the 2017 general election.

Adam Vojtěch

MP
Minister of Health
In office
13 December 2017 – 21 September 2020
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byMiloslav Ludvík
Succeeded byRoman Prymula
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
21 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political partyIndependent (2018–present)
ODS (2012–2018)
Alma materCharles University in Prague

Early life and education

In 2005, Vojtěch reached the semi-finals of Česko hledá SuperStar, the Czech version of the Idol series.[2]

Vojtěch graduated from the Faculty of Social Studies of Charles University in Prague in 2009, with a degree in Media and Communication Studies.[1] After a period of study at University College Dublin in Ireland, he returned to study at Charles University's Faculty of Law, and again at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Since 2017 he has been associated with the university's First Faculty of Medicine.[1]

Career

Vojtěch was Head of the Všehrd Lawyers' Association from 2010–12, before working as a lawyer for Mafra, the media group that is a subsidiary of Babiš' Agrofert business empire. From 2014 to 2017 Vojtěch worked as Babiš' Private Secretary while he was Minister of Finance.[1] He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in October 2017, and appointed Minister of Health.[1] In September 2020, during a rapid increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, Vojtěch resigned as Minister of Health.[3]

References
  1. "Adam Vojtech". vlada.cz. Government of the Czech Republic.
  2. "Adam Vojtěch, Vlasta Horváth, Petr Bende! Připomeňte si favority druhé řady SuperStar". TV Nova. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. Beranová, Klára (21 September 2020). "Ministr zdravotnictví Vojtěch rezignoval". PRÁVO. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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