Curriculum Vitae

• Marital Status: Married
• Date of Birth: 9th September 1964
• Place of Birth: Hranice, Czech Republic

Education:

• 1983 - 1987 
  Military College of Ground Forces at Vyskov, Management and Employment of Combat Units
• 1998 - 1999 
  Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Virginia, USA
• 2004 
  Royal College of Defence Studies, London, UK
• 2012 
  Generals, Flag Officers Course, NATO Defence College, Rome, Italy

Service Career:

• 1987 - 1990
  4th Armoured Division in Jihlava - from a tank platoon leader to commander of an armoured battalion
• 1990 - 1992
  Commander of a Reservist Training Battalion Group of 13th Tank Material Depot
• 1994 - 1997 
  4th Rapid Deployment Brigade in Havlickuv Brod - positions: officer of a mechanised troops group, officer of a parachute and airborne group, officer of airborne training
• 1998
  Deputy Commander of 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion in Chrudim
• 1999 - 2003
  Commander of 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion in Chrudim
• 2004 - 2008
  Commander of 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade in Zatec
• 2008
  Deputy Director of MoD Force Development Division, Director of Operations Department
• 28 October 2008
  appointed Brigadier General
• 2009 - 2010
  Director of MoD Force Development Division - Operations Division
• 2010 - 2014
  Deputy Chief of the General Staff of ACR - Director of the Joint Operations Centre of MoD
• 28 October 2011
  appointed Major General
• 2014 - 2017
  National Military Representative of the Czech Republic to the NATO SHAPE, Mons, Belgium
• 1 August 2017
  Deputy Chief of the General Staff - Chief of Staff
• 28 October 2017
  appointed Lieutenant General

Missions Abroad:

• 1992 - 1993
  UNPROFOR mission, former Yugoslavia
• 1995
  UNPROFOR mission, former Yugoslavia
• 1996
  NATO IFOR mission, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1999 - 2000
  Commander of 43rd Airborne Battalion in SFOR operation, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2002 - 2003
  Commander of the Joint Implementation Commission at British Brigade - Centre, and Commander of the ACR Contingent, KFOR operation, Kosovo
• 2007
  Commander of ACR Contingent - Chief of Staff of a Multinational Provincial Reconstruction Team, ISAF operation, Afghanistan

Awards and Decorations:

• Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur – grade d'officier, France
• French War Cross with a Bronze Star, France
• State Defence Cross of Czech Minister of Defence
• Cross of Merit of Czech Minister of Defence, Grade I
• Honorary Badge of ACR for Merits
• Medal of Czech Minister of Defence for Service Abroad
• UNPROFOR Operation Medal, Grade I
• NATO IFOR Operation Medal (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• NATO SFOR Operation Medal (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• NATO KFOR Operation Medal (Kosovo)
• NATO ISAF Operation Medal (Afghanistan)
• and others

Military Courses/Specialisation:

• Instructor of selfdefence and MUSADO man-to-man fighting, Grade II
• Instructor of airborne training
• Badge of airborne specialist, Grade I

Language:

• English, STANAG 3333

Hobbies:

• fishing, literature, motorcycling