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

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