Petr Gazdík

Petr Gazdík MP
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
In office 17 December 2021 – 29 June 2022
Prime Minister	Petr Fiala
Preceded by	Robert Plaga
Succeeded by	Vladimír Balaš
Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 12 December 2013 – 24 November 2017
Leader of STAN
In office 16 April 2016 – 13 April 2019
Preceded by	Martin Půta
Succeeded by	Vít Rakušan
In office 19 February 2009 – 28 March 2014
Preceded by	Josef Zicha
Succeeded by	Martin Půta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 May 2010
1st Vice-Chair of STAN
In office 28 March 2014 – 16 April 2016
Preceded by	Stanislav Polčák
Succeeded by	Vít Rakušan
Mayor of Suchá Loz
In office 2002–2010
Succeeded by	Václav Bujáček
Personal details
Born	(1974-06-26) 26 June 1974 (age 49) Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	Mayors and Independents (2004-present)
Spouse	Eva Gazdíková
Children	4
Alma mater	Masaryk University
Occupation	politician, teacher
Website	www.gazdik.cz

Petr Gazdík (born 26 June 1974) is a Czech politician^[1] who has been member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2010. He served as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to June 2022 and was a leader of Mayors and Independents party from 2009 to 2014 and 2016 to 2019.^[2] Previously he was a mayor of Suchá Loz. He is married and he has four children.

On 19 June 2022 Gazdík announced his resignation as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in connection with his ties with businessman and lobbyist Michal Redl [cs], he also resigned as vice-president of STAN.^[3]

References

External links

• Profile on the website of Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech republic
• Official site