Martin Pecina (born 9 July 1968) is a

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, who twice served as the minister of Interior of the Czech Republic. He was the minister of Interior in

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s of Jan Fischer and Jiří Rusnok. He also served as the

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of the Office for the Protection of Competition.

Early life

Pecina was born in

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. He's a graduate of the Technical University of Ostrava. He worked as a

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and was Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade from 2003 to 2005 with the

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. Since 2 September 2005, Pecina has been chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition.

Ministerial post

In May 2009, Pecina became Minister of Interior in the cabinet of the

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Jan Fischer. He was nominated by the

References

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