Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
Lieutenant General Karel ?ehka
Biography
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Date of birth:
1 February 1975
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Place of birth:
Brno, Czech Republic
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Marital status:
married, 2 children
Education:
- 1989 - 1993
Military Grammar School, Opava
- 1993 - 1997
Military University of Ground Forces, Vy?kov
- 1996
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom
- 1999
Ranger Course, USA
- 2000 - 2001
Military University of Ground Forces, Vy?kov
- 2002
Joint Terminal Attack Controller Course, United Kingdom
- 2003
Field Officers Course – Brigade Staff Course, Military Academy, Brno
- 2015 - 2016
General Staff Course, University of Defence Brno
Service career:
- 1997 - 1998
Commander, Special Reconnaissance Team, 6th Special Brigade
- 1998 - 2000
Commander, Special Forces Team, Special Forces Company, 6th Special Brigade
- 2000 - 2001
Senior Staff Officer, Foreign Relations Office
- 2001 - 2003
Commander, JTAC Group, 32nd Tactical Air Force Base
- 2003
Senior Staff Officer, Special Forces Center, 6th Special Forces Group
- 2003 - 2005
Commander, Special Forces Center, 601st Special Forces Group
- 2005 - 2006
Chief S5, 601st Special Forces Group
- 2006 - 2009
Chief S2, HQ ARRC, Rheindahlen, Germany
- 2009 - 2010
Senior Staff Officer, Special Forces Directorate
- 2010 - 2014
Commander, 601st Special Forces Group
- 2014 - 2017
Director, Special Forces Directorate
- 28 October 2016
Promoted to the rank of Brigadier General
- 2017 - 2020
Deputy Commander, Multinational Division North East, Elblag, Poland
- 2020 - 2022
Director of National Cyber and Information Security Agency
- June 22, 2022
Promoted to the rank of Major General
- July 1, 2022
Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
- May 8, 2023
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General
Deployments:
- 1999 - 2000
Special Forces Team Commander, 6th Reconnaissance Company, KFOR, Kosovo
- 2004
Deputy Commander of Czech Special Forces Contingent, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
- 2006 - 2007
Senior Staff Officer, ISAF, SOCCE, Afghanistan
- 2007 - 2008
Senior Staff Officer, ISAF, SOCCE, Afghanistan
- 2011
Commander, Czech Special Forces Task Force ISAF, Afghanistan
Decorations:
- Czech Armed Forces Badge of Merit, Class III
- Czech Armed Forces Service Medal, Class I
- Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Class II
- US Army Commendation Medal
- NATO Non Article 5 Medal, ISAF
- Military Intelligence Commemoration Badge
- NATO 1999 – 2009 Commemoration Badge
- Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For Operational Deployment" - Afghanistan, Class I
- Czech Armed Forces Medal, Class II
- Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For Operational Deployment" – Afghanistan, Class II
- Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For Operational Deployment" – Afghanistan, Class III
- Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Class III
- Czech Armed Forces Medal, Class III
- Honorary Commemorative Badge "For Service in Peace Operation in the Balkans"
- NATO Medal "In Service of Peace and Freedom"
- Military Police Cross
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Updated: 11. 7. 2022