Karel Havlíček (politician)

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Karel Havlíček
MP
Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office
30 April 2019 – 17 December 2021
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Minister of Industry and Trade
In office
30 April 2019 – 17 December 2021
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byMarta Nováková
Succeeded byJozef Síkela
Minister of Transport
In office
24 January 2020 – 17 December 2021
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byVladimír Kremlík
Succeeded byMartin Kupka
Deputy President of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
18 February 2022
1st Vice-Chairman of ANO 2011
Assumed office
12 February 2022
Preceded byJaroslav Faltýnek
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
9 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1969-08-16) 16 August 1969 (age 54)
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Political partyIndependent (nominated by ANO 2011) (2019–2021)
ANO 2011 (2021–present)
Alma materPrague University of Economics and Business, Czech Technical University in Prague
OccupationPolitician, businessman, economist

Karel Havlíček (born 16 August 1969) is a Czech politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Minister of Industry and Trade and Minister of Transport in Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš.

Early and personal life

In 2004, Havlíček completed his medicine studies in the field of economics and management at the Prague University of Economics and Business, receiving Ph. D degree.[1]

Havlíček is an avid listener of rock and folk music, about which he has occasionally written articles.[2][3] Since 2010, Havlíček and his wife have been reconstructing the Memorial of Karl Schwarzenberg in Český Krumlov.[4] Havlíček is a polyglot: Apart from his native Czech, he can speak English, German, Russian — as well as some Chinese, French, and Spanish.[5]

Economics career

Since 2015, Havlíček has been majority owner of textile industry Sindat with a 58% share,[6] through the company F-Comp.[7]

Since 2010, Havlíček has held the position of chairman of the board of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and Tradesmen of the Czech Republic,[8] which he co-founded in 2000. Havlíček also has been a member of the Government Council for Research, Development and Innovation since 2014,[9] having been its vice-chairman from 2018 until 2022.[10] He previously sat in the government Council for Public Investment, the Business Council, the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Export Strategy.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Osobní stránka doc. Ing. Karel Havlíček, Ph.D., MBA". IS VŠFS (in Czech). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Havlíček, Karel (12 November 2016). "Leonard nenechal Marianne čekat dlouho". Dotyk (in Czech). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ Havlíček, Karel (3 August 2016). "Hudební most Řím–Čerčany". Dotyk (in Czech). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ Tröster, Martin (3 August 2012). "U hrádku turisté uvidí i technický unikát". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Karel Havlíček | Životopis". IS VŠFS (in Czech). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ Pšenička, Jiří (27 September 2016). "Karel Havlíček: Chybí nám generace nadšenců". Dotyk (in Czech). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ^ Bukovský, Jaroslav (5 April 2019). "Šéf podnikatelské asociace Havlíček opouští svůj byznys". E15 (in Czech). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Novým předsedou představenstva AMSP ČR je Karel Havlíček". AMSP (in Czech). 8 December 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. ^ "ČTK: Rada pro výzkum je kompletní, vláda schválila devět nových členů". Government of the Czech Republic (in Czech). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Česko nemá být zemí piva či křišťálu. Propagujme technologie, vyzývá odborník". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 28 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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