Antonín Staněk

Antonín Staněk
Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic
In office
27 June 2018 – 31 July 2019
Preceded byIlja Šmíd
Succeeded byLubomír Zaorálek
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
In office
21 October 2017 – 21 October 2021
Member of the European Parliament
for the Czech Republic
Assumed office
4 October 2025
Preceded byFilip Turek
Mayor of Olomouc
In office
10 November 2014 – 15 November 2018
Preceded byMartin Major
Succeeded byMiroslav Žbánek
Representative of Olomouc
In office
16 October 2010 – 24 September 2022
Personal details
Born (1966-03-02) 2 March 1966
PartySocial Democratic Party (2001–2021)
Přísaha
Alma materPalacký University Olomouc

Antonín Staněk (born 2 March 1966) is a Czech politician serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2025. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. Staněk served as Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic in the Second cabinet of Andrej Babiš between June 2018 and July 2019. He served as mayor of Olomouc from 2014 to 2018. For twenty years between 2001 and 2021, Staněk was a member of the Social Democratic Party.