Richard Brabec

Richard Brabec (born 5 July 1966) is a Czech politician, who serves as Czech Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister.

Richard Brabec

MP
Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office
13 December 2017 – 30 April 2019
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byPavel Bělobrádek
Succeeded byAlena Schillerová
Minister of the Environment
Assumed office
29 January 2014
Prime MinisterBohuslav Sobotka
Andrej Babiš
Preceded byTomáš Podivínský
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office
24 May 2017 – 13 December 2017
Prime MinisterBohuslav Sobotka
Preceded byAndrej Babiš
Succeeded byJan Hamáček (2018)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
26 October 2013
Personal details
Born (1966-07-05) 5 July 1966
Kladno, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyODS (1991–1997)
ANO 2011 (2012–present)
Alma materCharles University in Prague

Career

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,[1] and later under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. From December 2017 to April 2019 he served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

References
  1. "Richard Brabec" (in Czech). Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 1 June 2014.


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