Vít Bárta
Czech businessman and politician (born 1973)
Vít Bárta (born 5 December 1973) is a Czech businessman and politician who served as Minister of Transport from 2010 to 2011 and as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 2010 to 2013. In 2011 Bárta announced his resignation from the government due to prosecution when he was accused of bribery by his party colleagues.2
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Born Dec 5, 1973.1
About
After his conviction and subsequent acquittal, Bárta became chairman of the Public Affairs political party and held the position in 2013.
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Companies
- Mark2 Corporation CzechFounder18
- Mark2 Corporation CzechBoard member 1998 to 200618
Early life and education
- Date not recordedPolice Academy of the Czech Republic3
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur, politician.9
- 2013 to 2014Chair, Public Affairs8
- 2011 to 2012Chairperson, Q120464676
- 2010 to 2011Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic6 7
- 2010 to 2013Member of the chamber of deputies of the parliament of the Czech Republic6
- 1998 to 2006Board member, Mark2 Corporation Czech5
- Date not recordedFounded Mark2 Corporation Czech4
Personal life
Politics
He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and became a member of Petr Nečas' cabinet. He became chairman of Public Affairs on 16 February 2013, a position he held until delivering his resignation on 26 November of the same year.
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Legal issues and controversies
In April 2011, Bárta was accused of bribery by his colleagues from Public Affairs, deputies Jaroslav Škárka, Stanislav Huml, and Kristýna Kočí. The deputies were subsequently expelled from the party. The incident caused serious problems in the Czech government coalition.
On 8 April 2011, Bárta announced his resignation from the government of Petr Nečas.
A year later, in April 2012, Bárta was convicted of bribery and conditionally sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment. In January 2013, Bárta was acquitted by the Prague 5 district court, a decision which was confirmed by Prague's city court two months later.
An additional charge was announced in 2013 against Bárta and Jan Petržílek related to wiretapping. After a prosecution lasting for more than eight years, both defendants were acquitted in May 2022. He was subsequently awarded compensation totalling around 950,000 Czech koruna.
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- 1WikidataVít Bárta on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaVít Bárta on Wikipedia
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- 13Wikidataresidence, as reported
- 14WikidataVít Bárta: spouse, on Wikidata
- 15Wikidataspouse, as reported by iDNES.cz
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- 17WikidataVít Bárta: Facebook, on Wikidata
- 18WikidataMark2 Corporation Czech, Founder
- 19Wikimedia CommonsVít Bárta photo by Štěrba Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 cz