Petr Gazdík

Petr Gazdík
Gazdik in 2022
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
In office
17 December 2021 – 29 June 2022
Prime MinisterPetr Fiala
Preceded byRobert Plaga
Succeeded byVladimír Balaš
Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
12 December 2013 – 24 November 2017
Leader of STAN
In office
16 April 2016 – 13 April 2019
Preceded byMartin Půta
Succeeded byVít Rakušan
In office
19 February 2009 – 28 March 2014
Preceded byJosef Zicha
Succeeded byMartin Půta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
29 May 2010
1st Vice-Chair of STAN
In office
28 March 2014 – 16 April 2016
Preceded byStanislav Polčák
Succeeded byVít Rakušan
Mayor of Suchá Loz
In office
2002–2010
Succeeded byVáclav Bujáček
Personal details
Born (1974-06-26) 26 June 1974 (age 50)
Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyMayors and Independents (2004-present)
SpouseEva Gazdíková
Children4
Alma materMasaryk University
Occupationpolitician, teacher
Websitewww.gazdik.cz

Petr Gazdík (born 26 June 1974) is a Czech politician[1] who has been member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2010. He served as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to June 2022 and was a leader of Mayors and Independents party from 2009 to 2014 and 2016 to 2019.[2] Previously he was a mayor of Suchá Loz. He is married and he has four children.

On 19 June 2022 Gazdík announced his resignation as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in connection with his ties with businessman and lobbyist Michal Redl [cs], he also resigned as vice-president of STAN.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Petr Gazdík". Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Gazdík je staronovým šéfem STAN, dostal přes 93 procent hlasů". 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ Lucie Stuchlíková, Martina Machová (2022-06-19). ""Udělal jsem chybu, ale nic neukradl." Gazdík skončil kvůli korupční aféře" (in Czech). Seznam Zprávy. Retrieved 2022-06-25.