Jiří Pospíšil
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Jiří Pospíšil MEP |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 13 July 2010 – 27 June 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Petr Nečas |
| Preceded by | Daniela Kovářová |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Blažek |
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In office 4 September 2006 – 8 May 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
| Preceded by | Pavel Němec |
| Succeeded by | Daniela Kovářová |
| Member of Parliament for Plzeň Region | |
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In office 15 June 2002 – 20 June 2014 |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
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24 November 1975 Chomutov, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party |
Civic Democratic Alliance (1994–1998) Civic Democratic Party (1998–2014) Independent as TOP 09 (2014-present) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jiří Pospíšil (born 24 November 1975 in Chomutov) is a Czech politician, a former member of the Chamber of Deputies. He has served twice as Justice Minister, firstly between 2006 and 2009, then later between 2010 and 2012. He is the youngest person to hold this position in the country's history.
In 1999, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of West Bohemia. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Dean of the same faculty. From 2010 until June 2012 he was Justice Minister again, in the Government of Petr Nečas.
Pospíšil, a former member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), ran in the 2014 European Parliament election for TOP 09. He received the most preferential votes of all candidates in the election.
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