The Minister

Tomáš Chalupa was born on 3 July 1974 in Prague. He studied at three Faculties of Charles University in Prague: the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (1993 – 1995), the Faculty of Arts, Department of Political Sciences and History (1993 – 1996) and the Faculty of Law (1994 – 2002). He was employed as an editor in the newspapers Večerník Praha and Denní Telegraf, where he was also Deputy Editor-in-Chief (1996 – 1997); he was the spokesperson and head of the press department of the Government of the Czech Republic (1997 – 1998) and also an employee of the central office of the Civic Democratic Party (1998).

He has been a member of the Civic Democratic Party since 1992 and Chairman of the Area Association of the Civic Democratic Party of Prague 6 since 2002; he has also been the Vice Chairman of the Prague Regional Association of the Civic Democratic Party (2004 – April 2010, since December 2010). He was the Mayor of the Prague 6 City Ward between 2002 and the beginning of 2011. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the 2010 elections.

President Václav Klaus appointed Tomáš Chalupa Minister of the Environment on 17 January 2011.

Tomáš Chalupa is married and has one son.