Richard Brabec MP |
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Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
Assumed office 13 December 2017 Serving with Martin Stropnický |
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Prime Minister | Andrej Babiš |
Preceded by | Pavel Bělobrádek |
Minister of the Environment | |
Assumed office 29 January 2014 |
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Prime Minister |
Bohuslav Sobotka Andrej Babiš |
Preceded by | Tomáš Podivínský |
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
In office 24 May 2017 – 13 December 2017 |
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Prime Minister | Bohuslav Sobotka |
Preceded by | Andrej Babiš |
Succeeded by | Not in use |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 26 October 2013 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Kladno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
5 July 1966
Political party |
ODS (1991–1997) ANO 2011 (2012–present) |
Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
Richard Brabec (born on July 5, 1966) is a Czech politician, who serves as Czech Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister.
A former manager in the chemical industry (Unipetrol, Spolana Neratovice and Lovochemie), Brabec first entered the Chamber of Deputies in October 2013, elected for ANO 2011.
Since January 2014, he has been the Czech Minister for the Environment, in the government of Bohuslav Sobotka, and later under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Since 13 December 2017 he has been the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.