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Robert Pelikán

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Robert Pelikán
Minister of Justice
In office
12 March 2015 – 27 June 2018
Prime MinisterBohuslav Sobotka
Andrej Babiš
Preceded byHelena Válková
Succeeded byTaťána Malá
Chairman of the Government Legislative Council
In office
13 December 2017 – 27 June 2018
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byJan Chvojka
Succeeded byTaťána Malá
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
21 October 2017 – 19 June 2018
Personal details
Born (1979-10-18) 18 October 1979 (age 45)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Political partyNon-partisan, nominated by ANO 2011
Alma materCharles University

Robert Pelikán (born 18 October 1979[1]) is a Czech lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2018.

Biography

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Pelikán studied at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague. He began his professional career in 2002 as a Junior Associate at the Císař, Češka, Smutný and Co. law firm. After completing a six-month professional internship at the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg in 2006 and passing the Bar exam in 2007, Pelikán joined the international law firm Linklaters, where he practised as an Attorney until 2009. Pelikán co-founded the Vrána & Pelikán law firm the same year, becoming a partner until 2014, when he left the firm, sold his share in Vrána & Pelikán, and suspended his attorney practice – before entering the state administration.[2]

Pelikán's fields as an attorney were competition, corporate and civil law, as well as dispute resolution.[3]

Political career

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On 12 March 2015, Pelikán was appointed the sixteenth Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic, succeeding Helena Válková.[1] He was criticized by Pavel Zeman [cs], Supreme Public Prosecutor of the Czech Republic, for his plan to increase state executive control over the Prosecutor's Offices.[4][5]

At the 2017 legislative elections, Pelikán was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.[6] On 7 April 2018, Pelikán announced that he would leave politics and resign from all executive posts, citing the significant differences of opinion between himself and his party.[7] He remained in the post until 27 June 2018, when a new government was appointed.[8]

Post-political career

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In October 2018, Pelikán joined the international law firm Wolf Theiss as a Counsel and a member of the newly-established regional Corporate Investigations practice.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Robert Pelikán". Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ^ O nás [online]. Prague: Vrána & partners [cit. 2018-06-23]. Archived on 17 April 2016
  3. ^ Brozova, Karolina. Umanutý hlídač ministryně. Publicistika. Právo. Borgis, a.s., 15. leden 2015, roč. 25, čís. 12, s. 7. ISSN 1211-2119
  4. ^ "HN: Pelikán between law and justice". Prague Monitor (in Czech). 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Ministerstvo maže ze zákona Zemanovy návrhy. Žalobce chtějí hlídat politici". Lidové noviny (in Czech). Mafra. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Jmenné seznamy". volby.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  7. ^ Prchal, Lukáš (7 April 2018). "Pelikán: V politice končím. S většinou ANO se názorově rozcházím, už to pro mě není přijatelné". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech).
  8. ^ Jadrná, Anna (27 June 2018). "Česko má novou vládu. Prezident Zeman jmenoval Babišův druhý kabinet, bez Pocheho". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Exministr Pelikán zamíří do mezinárodní firmy Wolf Theiss. Jako advokát". Deník (in Czech). Vltave Labe Media. 8 October 2018.
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