Martin Stropnický

Martin Stropnický studied at Academy of Performing Arts and Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. The recorded working language is Czech. Employment is recorded with Vinohrady Theatre. Positions recorded include Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic and Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic. Distinctions recorded are Thalia Awards.

• Name — Martin Stropnický • Office — Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic • Prime Minister — Andrej Babiš • Term Start — 13 December 2017 • Term End — 27 June 2018 • Predecessor — Pavel Bělobrádek • Successor — Jan Hamáček • Office1 — Minister of Foreign Affairs • Prime Minister1 — Andrej Babiš • Term Start1 — 13 December 2017 • Term End1 — 27 June 2018 • Predecessor1 — Lubomír Zaorálek • Successor1 — Jan Hamáček (acting) • Office2 — Minister of Defence • Prime Minister2 — Bohuslav Sobotka • Term Start2 — 29 January 2014 • Term End2 — 13 December 2017 • Predecessor2 — Vlastimil Picek • Successor2 — Karla Šlechtová • Office3 — Minister of Culture • Prime Minister3 — Josef Tošovský • Term Start3 — 2 January 1998 • Term End3 — 22 July 1998 • Predecessor3 — Jaromír Talíř • Successor3 — Pavel Dostál • Office4 — Czech Republic Ambassador to the State of Israel • Term Start4 — 9 November 2018 • Term End4 — 31 July 2023 • President4 — Miloš Zeman • Predecessor4 — Ivo Schwarz • Successor4 — Veronika Kuchyňová Šmigolová • Office5 — Member of the Chamber of Deputies • Term Start5 — 26 October 2013 • Term End5 — 1 October 2018 • Born — 19 December 1956 • Birthplace — Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) • Party — ANO 2011 (2013–2023) • Spouse — Lucie Stropnická (div.) • Children — 5 • Alma Mater — Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Stropnický graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) in 1980, and worked in different theatres in Prague over the next decade including the Prague Municipal Theatre and the Vinohrady Theatre. In 1990 he began working at the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs (which became the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs two years later). He graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in 1991, and subsequently served as the Czech Ambassador to Portugal (1993–94) and then Italy (1994-97). For a six-month period from January to July 1998, Stropnický was appointed Czech Minister of Culture in the caretaker government of Josef Tošovský. He subsequently returned to the diplomatic service, serving as Czech Ambassador to the Vatican from 1999 to 2003, before returning to the Vinohrady Theatre as artistic director. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2013 and served as Minister of Defence in Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet. Following the 2017 legislative election, which saw Andrej Babiš taking over as prime minister, Stropnický became Minister for Foreign Affairs, as well as deputy prime minister, assuming both positions on 13 December 2017. However, Babiš' government lost a confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies, and Stropnický was succeeded on 27 June 2018 by Jan Hamáček. On 1 October 2018, Stropnický resigned from Parliament to return to the diplomatic service as Czech Ambassador to Israel. After the end of his mission in Israel, Stropnický left ANO 2011.

Stropnický was married. In addition to Czech, he speaks English, French, and Italian, with a passive knowledge of Portuguese, Russian, and German. Stropnický is the father of former Green Party councillor Matěj Stropnický.