Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition

Mr Petr Mlsna

* November 13, 1978

Chairman Petr Mlsna

Biography

Career:

Since 2 December 2020 Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition
May 2015 – December 2020 Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic in charge of the Section of Legislative, State and Local Government Administration
February 2014 – May 2015 Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport responsible for legislation and strategy
July 2013 – January 2014 Deputy Minister of Justice in charge of the Section of Legislation and International Relations; Deputy Vice-chair of the Government Legislative Council in charge of the Section of the Government Legislative Council (the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic)
December 2012 – July 2013 Minister and Chairman of the Government Legislative Council
July 2011 – December 2012 Deputy Vice Prime Minister of the Government of the Czech Republic, Chief Director of the Section of the Government Legislative Council
August 2010 – July 2011 Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Chairman of the Government Legislative Council, Director of the Section of the Chairman of the Government Legislative Council
September 2010 – February 2014 Vice-chairman of the Government Legislative Council
November 2007 – August 2010 Director of the Government Legislation Department, the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
October 2006 – November 2007 Head of the Secretariat of the Government Legislative Council, the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
February 2006 – September 2006 Director of the Cabinet of the Minister and the Chairman of the Government Legislative Council, the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
October 2003 – February 2006 The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, the Unit of Analysis and Consultations, the Department of Compatibility with EU law

Education:

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law - habilitation procedure completed in 2021, awarded the title of associate professor in the field of constitutional law and political science; habilitation thesis "Government in the Czechoslovak and Czech constitutional system"; habilitation lecture on the topic "Constitutional foundations of territorial self-governing units and their financial autonomy"
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, PhD Programme in Theoretical Legal Sciences (Public Law I. – Constitutional, International Public and EU Law), Ph.D. received in 2006
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Territorial International Studies, German and Austrian Studies; graduate of Doctoral Programme in Modern History
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, graduate of Doctoral Programme in Constitutional Law
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law (1998 – 2002), Master´s Degree in Law
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences (2001 – 2003), Master´s Degree in German and Austrian Studies

Meeting with President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel on 2 May 2024

Foto: KPR/Tomáš Fongus

Appointment of Petr Mlsna as the new Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition by Miloš Zeman, the President of the Czech Republic, on 1 December 2020

KPR photo archive, photo by Hana Brožková