President Petr Pavel promoted Michal Koudelka, director of the Security Information Service (BIS), from the rank of brigadier general to major general after a year at Prague Castle on Wednesday at the Prague Castle. Director of the General Inspection of the Security Forces (GIBS) Vít Hendrych became a brigadier general. On the occasion of Victory Day, the head of state promoted another 11 soldiers, policemen and firefighters.
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12:47 p.m May 8, 2024
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Petr Pavel promoted Michal Koudelka from the rank of brigadier general to major general Photo: Zuzana Jarolímková | Source: iROZHLAS.cz
The head of counterintelligence, Koudelka, was appointed brigadier general by the president a year ago. Pavlo’s predecessor at Prague Castle, Miloš Zeman, who was strongly critical of Koudelk and the BIS, refused to comply with a similar government proposal seven times before.
The government proposes to promote the head of BIS Koudelka to major general, he also asks for Hendrych from GIBS
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Hendrych became head of GIBS last September. He replaced Radim Dragoun, whose five-year term of office ended in August, and at the same time he won the selection process for the position of Olomouc chief prosecutor.
Pavel promoted former director of Military Intelligence Jiří Růžek to the rank of retired brigadier general at the suggestion of Defense Minister Jana Černochová (ODS).
He appointed Michal Baran, director of the Military Health Services Section of the Ministry of Defense, Radek Haratek, commander of cyber forces and information operations, Martin Janatka, chief of staff of the Operations Command, and Jiří Líbal, commander of the Fourth Rapid Deployment Brigade, as brigadier generals.
At the proposal of the Minister of the Interior Vít Rakušan (STAN), the president appointed as brigadier generals the head of the operations center of the police presidium, František Habad, the director of the Special Activities Unit of the Police, Milan Černek, the director of the South Moravian Fire Department, Jiří Pelikán, the commander of the Prague Castle Fire Protection Department, Radek Stránský, and the retired brigadier general of the former director Petr Zeman’s Office for Foreign Relations and Information.
Pavel also appointed Petar Červené, the director of the Příbram Prison, as Brigadier General, at the suggestion of the Minister of Justice Pavel Blažek (ODS).
The President promotes soldiers, policemen and firefighters to the rank of general twice a year, on the day of the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia on October 28 and on the occasion of Victory Day on May 8
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