Jiří Pospíšil
Czech politician (born 1975)
Jiří Pospíšil (born 24 November 1975) is a Czech politician, who was leader of TOP 09 from November 2017 until November 2019. As a deputy for the Civic Democratic Party, Pospíšil served twice as Czech Minister of Justice: between 2006 and 2009 under Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek, and then again from 2010 to 2012 in the government of Petr Nečas.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Jiří Pospíšil (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Nov 24, 1975.1
About
Pospíšil was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 2002 to 2014.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jiří Pospíšil, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Museum Kampa FoundationChair 2016 to now24
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: university teacher, lawyer, collector, jurist, teacher, pedagogue, politician.10
- Since 2025Member of the chamber of deputies of the parliament of the Czech Republic6
- 2023 to 2025Deputy6 7
- 2019 to 2024Member of the European Parliament6
- 2018 to 2026Prague City Assembly member6
- 2017 to 2019Party leader, TOP 096
- 2017 to 2019Chair, TOP 099
- Since 2016Chair, Museum Kampa Foundation8
- 2014 to 2019Member of the European Parliament6
- 2013 to 2014Member of the chamber of deputies of the parliament of the Czech Republic6
- 2010 to 2012Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic6
- 2010 to 2011Chairman of the Government Legislative Council (Czech Republic)6
- 2010 to 2013Member of the chamber of deputies of the parliament of the Czech Republic6
More of their career (7)
- 2009 to 2010Dean, Faculty of Law, University of West Bohemia6
- 2006 to 2007Chairman of the Government Legislative Council (Czech Republic)6
- 2006 to 2009Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic6
- 2006 to 2010Member of the chamber of deputies of the parliament of the Czech Republic6
- 2004Member of the European Parliament6
- 2002 to 2006Member of the chamber of deputies of the parliament of the Czech Republic6
- Date not recordedWorked at Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU4 5
Born in Chomutov, Pospíšil graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of West Bohemia in 1999. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Dean of the same faculty. From 2010 until June 2012 he was Justice Minister again, in the Government of Petr Nečas.
Pospíšil, a former member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), ran in the 2014 European Parliament election for TOP 09. He received the most preferential votes of all candidates in the election.
On 26 November 2017, he was elected leader of TOP 09, replacing co-founder Miroslav Kalousek. He stepped down as leader on 24 November 2019.
On 8 November 2025, Pospíšil was elected 1st vice-chairman of TOP 09, replacing Minister of Health Vlastimil Válek.
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Personal life
In February 2025, the Expres.cz server reported that Pospíšil's partner is Jan Šašek, a politician in Plzen, who has been appearing by his side for many years, and that the couple would have a daughter to be born in April 2025 to a surrogate mother. The daughter will be named Meda after the patron of the arts Meda Mládková, to whom Pospíšil was very close. In March 2025 Pospíšil confirmed that he lives with a male partner and that their child is being carried by a surrogate mother.
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- 1WikidataJiří Pospíšil on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJiří Pospíšil on Wikipedia
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- 18WikidataJiří Pospíšil: X, on Wikidata
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- 24WikidataMuseum Kampa Foundation, Chair
- 25Wikimedia CommonsJiří Pospíšil photo by David Sedlecký, CC BY 4.0