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, and then for a second time from May until December 2021. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2017 until 2021.

Adam Vojtěch
Minister of Health
In office
26 May 2021 – 17 December 2021
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byPetr Arenberger
Succeeded byVlastimil Válek
In office
13 December 2017 – 21 September 2020
Preceded byMiloslav Ludvík
Succeeded byRoman Prymula
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
21 October 2017 – 21 October 2021
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
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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]

After the resignation of Petr Arenberger in May 2021, Vojtěch was appointed Minister of Health for a second time.[4]

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.
  4. "Vrací se ministr, který nedokázal vzdorovat. Velvyslancem se stane příští rok". seznamzpravy.cz. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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