Petr Gandalovič

Petr Gandalovič (born 15 August 1964) is a Czech politician and one of the founding members of the Civic Democratic Party. He served as the Czech Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2017.

Petr Gandalovič
Czech Republic Ambassador
to the United States
In office
7 July 2011 – 16 January 2017
PresidentVáclav Klaus
Miloš Zeman
Preceded byPetr Kolář
Succeeded byHynek Kmoníček
Minister of Agriculture
In office
9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009
Prime MinisterMirek Topolánek
Preceded byMilena Vicenová
Succeeded byJakub Šebesta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
3 June 2006 – 1 March 2011
Personal details
Born (1964-08-15) 15 August 1964
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Political partyODS

Education

Gandalovič attended secondary school in Ústí nad Labem from 1978 to 1982, continuing on to the School of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague from 1982 to 1987. He subsequently taught in a secondary school in Ústí nad Labem until 1990.

Political career

In 1989, Gandalovič was a founder member of the Civic Forum, and was elected as a Member of the Federal Assembly in 1990. The following year he was one of the founders of the breakaway Civic Democratic Party.

In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment, and in 1994 he became an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 1997 and 2002 he was the Consul General of the Czech Republic in New York City,[1] before returning to the Czech Republic to serve one term as the Mayor of Ústí nad Labem.

In 2006 Gandalovič was one of four people appointed Vice-chairman of the Civic Democratic Party, alongside Ivan Langer, Petr Bendl, and Petr Nečas.[2] He served in the First Cabinet of Mirek Topolánek as Minister for Regional Development (2006–2007)[3] before being named as Minister for Agriculture in January 2007 in Topolánek's Second Cabinet,[4] which was dissolved in May 2009 after the government lost a vote of no confidence.

Gandalovič became Czech Ambassador to the United States in 2011,[5] remaining in the post until being replaced in 2017 by Hynek Kmoníček.[6]

References
  1. "Former minister Petr Gandalovič described as hot candidate to be new US ambassador". Radio Prague. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. "ODS má nové vedení, předsednický post obhájil Mirek Topolánek". irozhlas.cz (in Czech). 19 November 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. "Prezident jmenoval Topolánkovu vládu". lidovky.cz (in Czech). 4 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. "NKÚ: Ministerstvo zemědělství zpronevěřilo miliardu". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. "Gandalovič se představil Obamovi a ujal se úřadu nového velvyslance ČR". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 8 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. "Kmoníček bude novým českým velvyslancem v USA. Američané s tím souhlasili, oznámil Hrad" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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