Jiří Pospíšil

Who is Jiří Pospíšil?

Jiří Pospíšil is a Czech politician, a former member of the Chamber of Deputies. He has had two spells as his country's Justice Minister, firstly between 2006 and 2009, then later between 2010 and 2012. He is the youngest person to hold this position in the country's history.

In 1999, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of West Bohemia. Between 2009-2010, he was the Dean of the same faculty. Since 2010 he became again Justice Minister in the Government of Petr Nečas.

Pospíšil, a former member of the Civic Democratic Party, ran in the 2014 European Parliament election for TOP 09. He received the most preferential votes of all candidates in the election.