Lubomír Zaorálek

Lubomír Zaorálek
Minister of Culture
In office
28 August 2019 – 17 December 2021
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byAntonín Staněk
Succeeded byMartin Baxa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
29 January 2014 – 13 December 2017
Prime MinisterBohuslav Sobotka
Preceded byJan Kohout
Succeeded byMartin Stropnický
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 July 2002 – 14 August 2006
Preceded byVáclav Klaus
Succeeded byMiloslav Vlček
President of the Czech Republic
Acting
In office
3 February 2003 – 7 March 2003
Serving with Vladimír Špidla
Preceded byVáclav Havel
Succeeded byVáclav Klaus
1st Deputy President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
24 June 2010 – 28 August 2013
Preceded byMiroslava Němcová
Succeeded byJaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 June 1996 – 21 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1956-09-06) 6 September 1956
PartySocialist Party (1986–1989)
Civic Forum (1990–1991)
Civic Movement (1991–1994)
Social Democratic Party (1994–present)
Other political
affiliations
National Front (1986–1989)
Stačilo! (2025)
Alma materMasaryk University
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Lubomír Zaorálek (born 6 September 1956) is a Czech politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017, and Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from 2019 to 2021. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1996 to 2021, and was the election leader for the Social Democratic Party in the 2017 election, when their vote share dropped to 7%.