Petr Fiala is a Czech politician and political scientist who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2021 to 2025 and leader of the Civic Democratic Party from 2014 to 2026. He previou
Fiala in 2025
Fiala's official portrait as the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in the government of Petr Nečas, April 2013.
Petr Fiala and his coalition partners sign the coalition agreement for his cabinet at the Chamber of Deputies, 8 November 2021.
Fiala with U.S. President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, 22 February 2023
Petr Pavel is a Czech politician and retired army general, currently serving as the fourth president of the Czech Republic, in office since March 2023. Prior to this, he served as Chair of the NATO Mi
Petr Fiala
…stupid idea", and suggested that Fiala had too much free time. Fiala subsequently announced, in January 2026, that he did not intend to run, saying that Petr Pavel performed the function well. There was also speculation, based on anonymous tips from an ODS Senator, that Fiala intended to run in the 2026 Czech…
Pavel (4th from left) at the International Special Training Centre in Pfullendorf, Germany in February 2016
Haakon Bruun-Hanssen (left), Norway's Chief of Defence, in a discussion with Pavel in 2016
Pavel during a rally in support of Ukraine in Brno, March 2022