Jan Hamáček

Jan Hamáček (born 4 November 1978) is a Czech politician who has been Leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) since March 2018 and Minister of the Interior since June 2018. He also served as Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2017,[1] and was acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from June to October 2018. Hamáček has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006.

Jan Hamáček

MP
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Assumed office
18 February 2018
Preceded byMilan Chovanec
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Assumed office
27 June 2018
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byRichard Brabec (2017)
Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
27 June 2018
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byLubomír Metnar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Acting
In office
27 June 2018 – 16 October 2018
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byMartin Stropnický
Succeeded byTomáš Petříček
7th Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
27 November 2013 – 22 November 2017
Preceded byMiroslava Němcová
Succeeded byRadek Vondráček
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
3 June 2006
Personal details
Born (1978-11-04) 4 November 1978
Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Political partyCzech Social Democratic Party
ChildrenLukáš
Matyáš
Websitehamacek.cz

Political career

Prior to his election to parliament, Hamáček worked as an adviser to two Prime Ministers, and as his party's International Secretary.

Hamáček has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since the 2006 elections. During his time in parliament, he has held the position of Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, headed the Czech delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and served on the Committee on European Affairs.[2]

Hamáček became the leader of CSSD in March 2018. In Andrej Babis' Second Cabinet, sworn in in June 2018, he was named Minister of the Interior, and also served as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from June to October 2018. Miroslav Poche was originally nominated to be the minister, but due to President Miloš Zeman's refusal to swear him in, Hamáček was made acting foreign minister until the situation could be resolved. On 16 October 2018, Tomáš Petříček was named the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In August 2018, Hamáček helped negotiate the release of two workers from a German humanitarian group in Syria, and traveled to Damascus for the handover of the workers; the Czech Republic is the only country in Europe that maintains diplomatic relations with Syria.[3]

Other activities

Hamáček is a concealed carry license holder and carries a Glock 36 .45 ACP.[4]

He is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).[5]

References
  1. "Jan Hamacek". Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. Jan Hamáček Aspen Institute Central Europe.
  3. Hovet, Jason (11 August 2018). "Czech diplomats secure release of German NGO workers in Syria". Reuters.
  4. https://www.krimi-plzen.cz/a/ministr/
  5. "Senior Network". www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Milan Chovanec		 Leader of the Social Democratic Party
2018–present		 Incumbent
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