Lubomír Zaorálek
Lubomír Zaorálek | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 28 August 2019 – 17 December 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrej Babiš |
| Preceded by | Antonín Staněk |
| Succeeded by | Martin Baxa |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 29 January 2014 – 13 December 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Bohuslav Sobotka |
| Preceded by | Jan Kohout |
| Succeeded by | Martin Stropnický |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 July 2002 – 14 August 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Václav Klaus |
| Succeeded by | Miloslav Vlček |
| President of the Czech Republic | |
Acting | |
| In office 3 February 2003 – 7 March 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Václav Havel |
| Succeeded by | Václav Klaus |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 June 1996 – 21 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1956 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party | Socialist Party (1986–1989) Civic Forum (1990–1991) Civic Movement (1991–1994) Social Democratic Party (1994–present) |
| Other political affiliations | National Front (1986–1989) |
| Alma mater | Masaryk University |
Lubomír Zaorálek (born 6 September 1956) is a Czech politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017, and Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from 2019 to 2021. He was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1996 to 2021, and unsuccessfully ran for the premiership in the 2017 election but his Social Democratic Party received only 7% of the vote.