Milan Chovanec

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Milan Chovanec
Minister of Interior
In office 29 January 2014 – 13 December 2017
Prime Minister	Bohuslav Sobotka
Preceded by	Martin Pecina
Succeeded by	Lubomír Metnar
Leader of the Social Democratic Party Acting
In office 15 June 2017 – 18 February 2018
Preceded by	Bohuslav Sobotka
Succeeded by	Jan Hamáček
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 26 October 2013 – 14 April 2019
Personal details
Born	(1970-01-31) 31 January 1970 (age 54) Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Political party	ČSSD
Children	2
Alma mater	University of West Bohemia
Website	www.milanchovanec.cz

Milan Chovanec (born 31 January 1970) is a Czech politician. He served as Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017,^[1] and served as acting leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from June 2017 to February 2018. He was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 26 October 2013 until his resignation on 14 April 2019. Previously he served as governor of Plzeň Region between 2010 and 2014 and as a member of Plzeň City Council from 2002 until 2010.^[2]