Miroslav Kostelka

Czech diplomat and politician

Miroslav Kostelka


Minister of Defence
In office 9 June 2003 – 4 August 2004
Prime Minister	Vladimír Špidla
Preceded by	Jaroslav Tvrdík
Succeeded by	Karel Kühnl
Czech Republic Ambassador to Russia
In office 2005–2009
President	Václav Klaus
Preceded by	Jaroslav Bašta
Succeeded by	Petr Kolář

Personal details
Born	(1951-01-31) 31 January 1951 (age 73) Františkovy Lázně, Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Kostelka (born 31 January 1951)^[1] is a Czech diplomat and politician.

Career

He served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Russian Federation in 2005–2009.^[2] In 2003–2004 he served in the cabinet of Vladimír Špidla as a Minister of Defence.

^ "Velvyslanec České republiky v Ruské federaci" (in Czech). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic). Retrieved 12 July 2008.
^ Список руководителей дипломатических и консульских представительств зарубежных государств в России (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 5 July 2008.

Ministers of Defence of the Czech Republic

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla (2002–2004)
Minister of Interior Deputy Prime minister	Stanislav Gross
Minister of Foreign Affairs Deputy Prime minister	Cyril Svoboda
Deputy Prime minister	Pavel Rychetský Bohuslav Sobotka
Minister for Science and Research, Human rights and resources	Petr Mareš
Minister of Finance	Bohuslav Sobotka
Minister of Labour and social affairs	Zdeněk Škromach
Minister of Justice	Pavel Rychetský Karel Čermák
Minister of Transportation	Milan Šimonovský
Minister of Regional development	Pavel Němec
Minister of the Environment	Libor Ambrozek
Minister of Informatics	Vladimír Mlynář
Minister of Industry and Trade	Jiří Rusnok Milan Urban
Minister of Health	Marie Součková Jozef Kubinyi
Minister of Agriculture	Jaroslav Palas
Minister of Culture	Pavel Dostál
Minister of Defence	Jaroslav Tvrdík Miroslav Kostelka
Minister of Education, Youth and Physical training	Petra Buzková