Czechoslovak People's Army (1979–1990) Czechoslovak Army (1990–1992) Czech Army (1993–2018)
Years of service
1979–2018
Rank
Army general
Battles/wars
Yugoslav Wars
UNPROFOR missions
Afghanistan War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Iraq War
2003 invasion of Iraq
Petr Pavel (Czech:[ˈpɛtr̩ˈpavɛl]; born 1 November 1961) is a Czech politician and retired army general, currently serving as the president of the Czech Republic since March 2023. Prior to this, he held the position of Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018, and served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces between 2012 and 2015.
Born in Planá to a military family, Pavel enlisted right after graduating from military academy in 1983. He served in the Czechoslovak People's Army and joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1985. Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989, and the subsequent dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Pavel served in the newly established Czech Army and participated in the 1993 evacuation of Karin Base during the Croatian War of Independence, which earned him praise and international recognition. Pavel rose through the ranks of the military to become the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces from 2012 to 2015. He was subsequently selected as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee between 2015 and 2018, becoming the first military officer from the former Eastern Bloc to hold the post. At NATO, he oversaw the Alliance's response and fallout of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and the 2018 Turkish invasion of Afrin, as well as efforts to tackle rising Chinese influence. Pavel retired from the military after 44 years and was discharged with honors after his term expired.
In 2021, Pavel announced his presidential bid in the 2023 election. He ran on a platform of closer cooperation with NATO allies, support for Ukraine and greater involvement in the European Union. He embraced a hawkish stance on Russia and China. Pavel won the first round of the election with 35 percent and went on to win the runoff against former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš with 58 percent of the vote, to become the fourth president of the Czech Republic and 12th president since the Czechoslovak declaration of independence in 1918. Pavel was inaugurated on 9 March 2023, succeeding Miloš Zeman. He is the second president with a military background (after Ludvík Svoboda) and the first without political experience.
In his first hundred days in office, Pavel appointed three judges to the Constitutional Court and made 11 international trips, including a visit to Kyiv and Dnipro, becoming the first foreign head of state to travel to Eastern Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.
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Houghton as Chief of the Defence Staff on 14 July 2016. He succeeded General PetrPavel as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee on 29 June 2018, serving as...
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tenure while talking to foreign politicians. PetrPavel in English, Russian and French languages languages. Pavel reportedly knew English language well since...
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formed after the 2021 election. However, by the start of 2024, President PetrPavel called on the government to take concrete steps in adopting the euro....
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re-election after four years in power. In January 2023, Former NATO general PetrPavel won the election runoff over Andrej Babiš to succeed Miloš Zeman as the...
unit in the area. 29 soldiers with 2 OT-64 transporters led by Lt. Col. PetrPavel were sent to help the soldiers blocked in the Karin base. They were 30...
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