Alexandr Vondra

Alexandr Vondra MEP
Vondra in 2023
Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2019
Minister of Defence
In office 13 July 2010 – 7 December 2012
Prime Minister	Petr Nečas
Preceded by	Martin Barták
Succeeded by	Karolína Peake
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs
In office 9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009
Prime Minister	Mirek Topolánek
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Štefan Füle (as Minister)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 September 2006 – 9 January 2007
Prime Minister	Mirek Topolánek
Preceded by	Cyril Svoboda
Succeeded by	Karel Schwarzenberg
Senator from Litoměřice
In office 28 October 2006 – 28 October 2012
Preceded by	Zdeněk Bárta
Succeeded by	Hassan Mezian
Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States
In office 14 May 1997 – 10 October 2001
President	Václav Havel
Preceded by	Michael Žantovský
Succeeded by	Martin Palouš
Personal details
Born	(1961-08-17) 17 August 1961 (age 63) Prague, Czech Republic
Political party	Czech: Civic Democratic Party  EU: European Conservatives and Reformists Party
Alma mater	Univerzita Karlova
Profession	Politician
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Alexandr Vondra (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalɛksandr̩ ˈvondra]; born 17 August 1961) is a Czech politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic from 2010 to 2012 under Prime Minister Petr Nečas and has been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019.

Vondra also served as Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs between 2007 and 2009, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007, both in cabinets of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. Vondra is also former Senator from Litoměřice (2006–2012) and Czech Ambassador to the United States (1997–2001).

He was candidate for the European Parliament seat in the 2019 election and received 29,536 preferential votes and was elected Member of the European Parliament representing the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).