The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky, MO ČR) is the primary agency of the Czech Republic responsible for the planning and carrying-out of defence policy. It is the Czech Republic's ministry of defence. It is the direct successor of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence. Its current headquarters is located in Prague. The current Minister of Defence is Jaromír Zůna, who has been in office since 15 December 2025.
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Ministry of Defence building in Prague | |
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| Formed | 8 December 1992 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of the Czech Republic |
| Headquarters | Tychonova 1, 160 01 Prague 6 50°5′43.22″N 14°24′11.45″E / 50.0953389°N 14.4031806°E |
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| Website | mocr |
As of January 1, 2024, 27,826 professional soldiers were in the Ministry of Defence, of which 3988 women were in the Ministry of Defence. These figures reflect the number of members of the Army of the Czech Republic as well as soldiers operating directly in the Ministry and its subordinate organizations.
List of ministers
The following people have served as ministers of defence:
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet(s) | Ref. | |||
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| 1 | Antonín Baudyš | 30 December 1992 | 21 September 1994 | 1 year, 265 days | KDU-ČSL | Klaus I | |||
| 2 | Vilém Holáň | 22 September 1994 | 4 July 1996 | 1 year, 286 days | KDU-ČSL | Klaus I | |||
| 3 | Miloslav Výborný | 4 July 1996 | 2 January 1998 | 1 year, 182 days | KDU-ČSL | Klaus II | |||
| 4 | Michal Lobkowicz | 2 January 1998 | 22 July 1998 | 201 days | Civic Democratic Party | Tošovský | |||
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| 5 | Vladimír Vetchý | 22 July 1998 | 4 May 2001 | 2 years, 286 days | Social Democracy | Zeman | |||
| 6 | Jaroslav Tvrdík | 4 May 2001 | 9 June 2003 | 2 years, 36 days | Social Democracy | Zeman | |||
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| 7 | Miroslav Kostelka | 9 June 2003 | 4 August 2004 | 1 year, 56 days | Social Democracy | Špidla | |||
| 8 | Karel Kühnl | 4 August 2004 | 4 September 2006 | 2 years, 31 days | Freedom Union – Democratic Union | Gross | |||
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| 9 | Jiří Šedivý | 4 September 2006 | 9 January 2007 | 127 days | Independent for Civic Democratic Party | Topolánek I | |||
| 10 | Vlasta Parkanová | 9 January 2007 | 8 May 2009 | 2 years, 119 days | KDU-ČSL | Topolánek II | |||
| 11 | Martin Barták | 8 May 2009 | 13 July 2010 | 1 year, 66 days | Independent for Civic Democratic Party | Fischer | |||
| 12 | Alexandr Vondra | 13 July 2010 | 7 December 2012 | 2 years, 147 days | Civic Democratic Party | Nečas | |||
| 13 | Karolína Peake | 12 December 2012 | 20 December 2012 | 8 days | Order of the Nation | Nečas | |||
| – | Petr Nečas acting | 21 December 2012 | 19 March 2013 | 88 days | Civic Democratic Party | Nečas | |||
| 14 | Vlastimil Picek | 19 March 2013 | 29 January 2014 | 316 days | Independent | Nečas | |||
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| 15 | Martin Stropnický | 29 January 2014 | 13 December 2017 | 3 years, 318 days | ANO 2011 | Sobotka | |||
| 16 | Karla Šlechtová | 13 December 2017 | 27 June 2018 | 196 days | Independent for ANO 2011 | Babiš I | |||
| 17 | Lubomír Metnar | 27 June 2018 | 17 December 2021 | 3 years, 173 days | Independent for ANO 2011 | Babiš II | |||
| 18 | Jana Černochová | 17 December 2021 | 15 December 2025 | 3 years, 363 days | Civic Democratic Party | Fiala | |||
| 19 | Jaromír Zůna | 15 December 2025 | Incumbent | 6 days | Independent for SPD | Babiš III | |||
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