Cyril Svoboda

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The Honourable Cyril Svoboda
Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office 15 July 2002 – 4 August 2004
Prime Minister	Vladimír Špidla
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 15 July 2002 – 16 August 2006
Prime Minister	Vladimír Špidla Stanislav Gross Jiří Paroubek
Preceded by	Jan Kavan
Succeeded by	Alexandr Vondra
Leader of KDU-ČSL
In office 30 May 2009 – 29 May 2010
Preceded by	Jiří Čunek
Succeeded by	Pavel Bělobrádek
In office 26 May 2001 – 8 November 2003
Preceded by	Jan Kasal
Succeeded by	Miroslav Kalousek
Minister of Regional Development
In office 23 January 2009 – 8 May 2009
Prime Minister	Mirek Topolánek
Preceded by	Jiří Čunek
Succeeded by	Rostislav Vondruška
Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the Legislative Council
In office 9 January 2007 – 23 January 2009
Prime Minister	Mirek Topolánek
Preceded by	Jiří Pospíšil
Succeeded by	Pavel Svoboda
Minister of Interior
In office 2 January 1998 – 22 July 1998
Prime Minister	Josef Tošovský
Preceded by	Jindřich Vodička
Succeeded by	Václav Grulich
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 20 June 1998 – 3 June 2010
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-25) 25 November 1956 (age 67) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Political party	KDU-ČSL
Alma mater	Charles University

Cyril Svoboda (born 25 November 1956) is a Czech politician, who was leader of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) in 2001–2003 and 2009–2010, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1998–2010. During his political career he held several ministerial positions, including Deputy Prime Minister (July 2002 – August 2004) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (July 2002–September 2006). He founded the Diplomatic Academy in Prague in 2011 and is currently lecturing at several universities in Prague.