Jan Lipavský

Jan Lipavský (born 2 July 1985) is a Czech politician and IT manager, who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic since December 2021, in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala. A member of the Czech Pirate Party, he was previously a member of the Chamber of Deputies from October 2017 to October 2021.

Jan Lipavský
Lipavský in 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
17 December 2021
Prime MinisterPetr Fiala
Preceded byJakub Kulhánek
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
21 October 2017 – 21 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1985-07-02) 2 July 1985
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyCzech Pirate Party
Alma materCharles University
Awards Ukrainian Order of Merit (2022)
Websitepirati.cz

Early life

Lipavský was born in Prague on 2 July 1985. He majored in international area studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, graduating with a Bachelor's degree. He joined the Erasmus Programme for two semesters at the University of Kent, United Kingdom.

Political career
Lipavský with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in April 2022

Lipavský served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2017 to 2021. Following the 2021 Czech legislative election, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in Petr Fiala's Cabinet. President Miloš Zeman expressed his opposition to the appointment of Lipavský as foreign minister.[1][2]

Honours

References
  1. "Vládu v pátek prezident Zeman jmenuje i s Janem Lipavským, oznámil Fiala". ct24.ceskatelevize.cz. Czech News Agency. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. Rambousková, Michaela. "Překvapení: Zeman jmenuje vládu i s Lipavským, oznámil Fiala". seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. "Ministr Lipavský obdržel ukrajinský Řád Za zásluhy. Česko je a bude s Ukrajinou, dokud nezvítězí, slíbil". forum24.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-08-31.
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