Petr Fiala
Petr Fiala was elected prime minister of the Czech Republic in 2021. He has a degree in the Czech language and history, and served two terms as the rector of the Masaryk University (2004–2011) during which it became the most popular Czech university and one of Central Europe’s leading educational and research institutions. In his scientific work, he specialised in comparative political science, European politics and conservative political thinking. From 2012 to 2013, he was the minister of education. In autumn 2020 he became the nationwide leader of the newly formed electoral coalition SPOLU (together), which won the parliamentary elections in October 2021. The Czech Republic holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2022.
