Lubomír Zaorálek

Lubomír Zaorálek

Minister of Culture, from 11 November 2021 in resignation.

Personal data

PhDr. Lubomír Zaorálek was born on 6 September 1956 in Ostrava.

Education

In 1982 he completed his studies at the Philosophical Faculty of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Brno, majoring in philosophy and economics ( Masarykova / Faculty of Arts , Department of Philosophy).

Professional and public activities

After graduation he worked for Czechoslovak Television in Ostrava, where he worked as a dramaturg. In November 1989 he was a co-founder of the Civic Forum in Ostrava. In January 1990 he was  elected to the House of People. He joined the CSSD in 1994 and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic two years later. Between 2002 and 2006, he was the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, and from 2010 to 2013 he served as the 1st Vice-Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies and the Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs for the CSSD. In January 2014 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs and held the position of Vice-Chairman of the Party for several years within the Czech Social Democratic Party.  In August 2019 he was appointed Minister of Culuter of the Czech Republic. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directions of the think-tank of Masaryk´s Democratic Academy.

Language skills

English, German, Russian

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