Robert Pelikán
Robert Pelikán | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 12 March 2015 – 27 June 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Bohuslav Sobotka Andrej Babiš |
Preceded by | Helena Válková |
Succeeded by | Taťána Malá |
Chairman of the Government Legislative Council | |
In office 13 December 2017 – 27 June 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Andrej Babiš |
Preceded by | Jan Chvojka |
Succeeded by | Taťána Malá |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 21 October 2017 – 19 June 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Prague, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 18 October 1979
Political party | Non-partisan, nominated by ANO 2011 |
Alma mater | Charles University |
Robert Pelikán (born 18 October 1979[1]) is a Czech lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2018.
Biography
Legal career pre-politics
Pelikán studied at the Faculty of Law of the
Pelikán's fields as an attorney were competition, corporate and civil law, as well as dispute resolution.[3]
Political career
After the
He was criticized by Pavel Zeman , Supreme Public Prosecutor of the Czech Republic, for his plan to increase state executive control over the Prosecutor's Offices.[5][6]
After the
On 7 April 2018, Pelikán announced that he would leave politics and resign from all executive posts, citing the significant differences of opinion between himself and his party.[7] He remained in the post until 27 June 2018, when a new government was appointed.[8]
Post-political career
Following the end of his political career, he returned to advocacy. In October 2018 Robert Pelikán joined the international law firm Wolf Theiss as a Counsel and a member of the newly-established regional Corporate Investigations practice.[9]
Pelikán is also active in academia. Since 2004 he has been an Associate of the Department of Civil Rights of the Faculty of Law at Charles University, and in 2012 he started lecturing at the faculty's Department of Commercial Law.
He regularly publishes articles in professional journals, teaches at university and participates in various conferences. In 2014 he co-authored the Commentary to the Civil Code and in 2010 he published a two-part commentary to the Act on Transformations of Commercial Companies and Cooperatives.
References
- ^ a b "Robert Pelikán" (in Czech). Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ O nás [online]. Praha: Vrána & partners [cit. 2018-06-23]. Dostupné v archivu pořízeném dne 2016-04-17
- ^ BROŽOVÁ, Karolina. Umanutý hlídač ministryně. Publicistika. Právo. Borgis, a.s., 15. leden 2015, roč. 25, čís. 12, s. 7. ISSN 1211-2119
- ^ "Robert Pelikán | Vláda ČR".
- ^ "HN: Pelikán between law and justice". Prague Monitor (originally Hospodářské noviny). 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Shabu, Martin (13 August 2014). "Ministerstvo maže ze zákona Zemanovy návrhy. Žalobce chtějí hlídat politici". Lidové noviny (in Czech). lidovky.cz. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ "Pelikán: V politice končím. S většinou ANO se názorově rozcházím, už to pro mě není přijatelné | Aktuálně.cz". 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Česko má novou vládu. Prezident Zeman jmenoval Babišův druhý kabinet, bez Pocheho".
- ^ "Exministr Pelikán zamíří do mezinárodní firmy Wolf Theiss. Jako advokát". Deník.cz. 8 October 2018.