Honorary Commemorative Badge for Service in Peace Operation in the Balkans
NATO 50th Anniversary Medal
Honorary Commemorative ACR Badge of Premysl Otakar II, the Iron and Gold King
Vlastimil Picek and Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III in Prague on June 15, 2011.
Vlastimil Picek (25 October 1956) is a Czech politician. He served as the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic from March 2012 to January 2013.[1] From 2007 to 2012, he was the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. He was the fourth person and the first member of Czech Air Force to serve at this position. He was appointed by PresidentVáclav Klaus and took office on 1 March 2007. He was replaced by Major General Petr Pavel as from 1 July 2012.[2] On 18 September 2012 he was appointed the 1st Deputy Defence Minister. On 13 December 2012, he was dismissed by then new minister Karolína Peake and on 21 December 2012 reinstalled by Prime Minister Petr Nečas, after Nečas dismissed Peake.[3] In March, 2013, he was appointed Minister of Defence.
Personal background
Picek is divorced and has one son. He enjoys tennis and skiing. He was a member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia until 1990.
Education
He graduated from Military Technical Secondary School in Nové Mesto nad Váhom in 1975. From 1976 to 1981 he studied at Military Academy in Brno. While studying at Military Academy, he attended two special courses, Internal study and internal study of intelligence. In 1993, Picek finished his postgraduate degree from Czech Technical University in Prague and in 1997 he finished the follow-on academic course of the General Staff at the Military Academy in Brno.
Career
1975 – 1978
Senior radio operator
1983 – 1986
Deputy Battalion Commander for Technical Issues
1986 – 1989
Senior officer at the National Air Defence HQ
1989 – 1993
Head of HQ Group for AF and NAD
1993 – 1994
Chief of Signal Branch 4th Air Defence Corps HQ
1994 – 1995
Section Chief of the Signal Branch at the General Staff of ACR
1995 – 1996
Deputy Chief of the Signal Branch at the General Staff of ACR
1996 – 1997
Chief of the Signal Branch at the General Staff of ACR (GS)
1997 – 2000
Chief of the Operational-Tactical C2 Systems Department, GS
2000 – 2001
Chief of the ACR Signal Branch – Chief of the Command and Control Division, GS
2001 – 2003
Chief of the ACR Control and Command Division, GS – MoD Security Director
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