Minister of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Ministr zahraničních věcí České republiky
Incumbent Jan Lipavský since 17 December 2021
Seat	Czernin Palace
Appointer	Prime Minister
Formation	1 January 1993
Website	www.mzv.cz

The minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ministr zahraničních věcí České republiky) is a senior official of the Government of the Czech Republic, and as the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is concerned with foreign policy and foreign relations of the Czech Republic.

The minister of foreign affairs is appointed by the president after being nominated by the prime minister.

The minister of foreign affairs along with the

The current minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic is Jan Lipavský.

List of ministers of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Josef Zieleniec		1 January 1993	23 October 1997	ODS
	Jaroslav Šedivý		8 November 1997	17 July 1998	Independent
	Jan Kavan		22 July 1998	12 July 2002	ČSSD
	Cyril Svoboda		15 July 2002	4 September 2006	KDU-ČSL
	Alexandr Vondra		4 September 2006	9 January 2007	ODS
	Karel Schwarzenberg		9 January 2007	8 May 2009	Greens
	Jan Kohout		8 May 2009	13 July 2010	Independent
	Karel Schwarzenberg		13 July 2010	10 July 2013	TOP 09
	Jan Kohout		10 July 2013	29 January 2014	Independent
	Lubomír Zaorálek		29 January 2014	13 December 2017	ČSSD
	Martin Stropnický		13 December 2017	27 June 2018	ANO 2011
	Jan Hamáček (acting)		27 June 2018	16 October 2018	ČSSD
	Tomáš Petříček		16 October 2018	12 April 2021	ČSSD
	Jan Hamáček (acting)		12 April 2021	21 April 2021	ČSSD
	Jakub Kulhánek		21 April 2021	17 December 2021	ČSSD
	Jan Lipavský		17 December 2021	Incumbent	Czech Pirate Party

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic)