Lieutenant General František Malenínský

Lieutenant General František Malenínský was born on 22 July 1959 in town Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic and he is married to Dana Maleninska.

Academic Background:

1974 – 1978: Military Secondary School at Moravska Trebova
1978 – 1982: Military Technical College in Martin, Slovakia, (from 1 August 1979, Army College in Vyskov), commander of missile troops and artillery program
1986 – 1989: Postgraduate studies at the Military Academy in Brno, commander of missile troops and artillery program
1998: NATO Structures Course at the MoD Training and Educational Centre at Komorni Hradek, CZE
1999 – 2000: Studies at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, UK
2002: Higher Officers Course at the NATO Defence College in Rome, Italy

Service career:

1982 – 1983: Platoon Leader
1983 – 1984: Battery Commander
1984 – 1986: Chief of Staff of battalion
1989: Chief of Staff of regiment
1989 – 1990: Commander of reconnaissance artillery battalion
1990 – 1991: Commander of reconnaissance artillery regiment
1991 – 1993: Commander of reconnaissance artillery battalion
1993 – 1994: Chief of Staff of artillery brigade
1994 – 1997: Commander of artillery brigade
1997 – 1999: Commander of the Artillery Training and Mobilizations Base
2000 – 2002: Deputy commander of mechanized division
2002 – 2005: Deputy Chief Of Staff at EUR RC North, Brunssum, the Netherlands
2005 – 2007: Director of the Training and Doctrines Directorate (TRADOC)
2007 – 2008: Commander of the Support and Training Forces, Czech Armed Forces
2008 – 2010: Director of the SHAPE PCC, Mons, Belgium
2010: Deputy Chief of Staff of the SHAPE, Mons, Belgium
2011: Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Inspector General of the Czech Armed Forces
2014: Deputy Chief of the General Staff - Chief of Staff
2008: Promoted Major General
2015: Promoted Lieutenant General
2017: Appointed as Czech Military Representative to NATO and EU

Awards and Decorations:

1988 National Service Medal
1998 Czech Armed Forces medal, 3rd Class
1999 NATO 50th Anniversary Medal
2003 Czech Armed Forces medal, 2nd Class
2003 Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence, 3rd Class
2006 Medal of the Minister of Defence of CR "For Service Abroad"
2008 Cross of Merits of the Minister of Defence, 2nd Class
2008 Czech Armed Forces medal, 1st Class
2009 "NATO 1999 - 2009" commemorative badge

Foreign Languages:

English

Children:

Daughters Michaela and Magda