Petr Pavel 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.
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
The Czech Armed Forces, also known as the Czech Army, is the military service responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic as part of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic alongside the Military Office of the President of the Republic and the Castle Guard. The army consists of the General Staff, the Land Forces, the Air Force and support units.
Croatian Army soldier discusses patrol routes with a Czech Army soldier (left)
Czech BVP-2 firing in Afghanistan
Czech Army Soldiers to participate in exercise Combined Resolve at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany