Adam Vojtěch


Adam Vojtěch is a Czech politician and lawyer who has been Minister of Health since 13 December 2017, in both the first and second cabinets of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since the 2017 general election.

Early life and education

In 2005, Vojtěch reached the semi-finals of Česko hledá SuperStar, the Czech version of the Idol series.
Vojtěch graduated from the Faculty of Social Studies of Charles University in Prague in 2009, with a degree in Media and Communication Studies. After a period of study at University College Dublin in Ireland, he returned to study at Charles University's Faculty of Law, and again at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Since 2017 he has been associated with the university's First Faculty of Medicine.

Career

Vojtěch was Head of the Všehrd Czech Lawyers' Association from 2010–12, before working as a lawyer for Mafra, the media group that is a subsidiary of Babiš' Agrofert business empire. From 2014 to 2017 Vojtěch worked as Babiš' Private Secretary while he was Minister of Finance. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in October 2017, and appointed Minister of Health.