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Karel Řehka
Chiefs of Defence
Czechia
01 June 2022 - Present
Czechia
01 June 2022 - Present
Date of birth: 1 February 1975
Place of birth: Brno, Czech Republic
Education:
• 1989 - 1993
Military Grammar School, Opava
• 1993 - 1997
Military University of Ground Forces, Vyškov (reconnaissance branch)
• 1996
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom (Officers course)
• 1999
Ranger Course, USA
• 2000 - 2001
Distance studies, Military University of Ground Forces, Vyškov (reconnaissance branch)
• 2002
Joint Terminal Attack Controller course, United Kingdom
• 2003
Senior officers course – brigade staff course (national defence management – crisis management), Military Academy, Brno
• 2015 - 2016
General Staff course, University of Defence Brno
Service career:
- 1997 - 1998
Commander, special reconnaissance group, 6th Special Brigade - 1998 - 2000
Commander, special group, special forces company, 6th Special Brigade - 2000 - 2001
Senior foreign liaison officer - 2001 - 2003
Chief, JTAC group, 32nd Tactical Air Force Base - 2003
Senior officer, special purpose centre, 6th Special Forces Group - 2003 - 2005
Commander, special purpose centre, 601st Special Forces Group - 2005 - 2006
Chief S5, 601st Special Forces Group - 2006 - 2009
Specialist officer 2 G3 SF, HQ ARRC, Rheindahlen, Germany - 2009 - 2010
Senior officer – specialist, Special Forces Directorate - 2010 - 2014
Commander, 601st Special Forces Group - 2014 - 2017
Director, MoD Special Forces Directorate - 28 Oct 2016
Promoted Brigadier General - 2017 - 2020
Deputy Commander, Multinational Division North East, Elblag, Poland - 2020 - 2022
Director of National Cyber and Information Security Agency - June 22, 2022
Promoted Major General - July 1, 2022
Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces - 8 May, 2023
Promoted Lieutenant General - 8 May, 2025
Promoted General
Deployments:
- 1999 - 2000
Group commander, 6th Reconnaissance Company, KFOR, Kosovo - 2004
Deputy Commander of Czech Special Forces Contingent, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan - 2006 - 2007
Senior lead officer – specialist, ISAF, SOCCE, Afghanistan - 2007 - 2008
Senior lead officer – specialist, ISAF, SOCCE, Afghanistan - 2011
Commander, Czech Special Operations Task Force ISAF, Afghanistan
Decorations:
- Czech Armed Forces Honorary Badge of Merit, grade III
- Czech Armed Forces Service Medal, grade I
- Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, grade II
- US Army Commendation Medal
- NATO Non Article 5 Medal, ISAF
- Military Intelligence commemoration badge
- NATO 1999 – 2009 commemoration badge
- Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For service abroad" - Afghanistan, grade I
- Czech Armed Forces medal, grade II
- Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For service abroad" – Afghanistan, grade II
- Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For service abroad" – Afghanistan, grade III
- Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, grade III
- Czech Armed Forces Medal, grade III
- Honorary commemorative badge "For service in peace operation in the Balkans"
- NATO Medal "In Service of Peace and Freedom"
- Cross of the Military Police
Language skills:
- English, Russian
Marital status:
- Married, two children