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Ivo Střecha

Military Representatives

Czechia

01 October 2023 - Present

Czechia

01 October 2023 - Present

Ivo Střecha

Date of birth: 12 October 1965

Place of birth: Velké Mezirící

Academic background:

  • 1981 - 1985
    Grammar school Velké Mezirící
  • 1986 - 1989 Army College Vyškov, leadership program
  • 2000 – 2001
    Battalion leadership course for army officers, Fort Benning, USA
  • 2006 - 2007
    General Staff Course / National defence management – military strategy and operational science, Brno
  • 2013 Senior Course 122 – European security policy, Rome, Italy

Service career:

  • 1989 - 1994 started as platoon leader and served in command posts up to deputy commander of tank battalion, 12th Tank Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division, and the 33rd Tank Regiment of the 3rd Mechanised Division, and later Chief of Staff of the 3rd Tank Battalion – training
  • 1995 - 2003 Staff officer and then Deputy Commander, 73rd Mechanised Battalion
  • 2002
    Chief of Staff, 1st Czech-Slovak Battalion KFOR, Kosovo
  • 2003 - 2004
    Chief of G3 combat training branch, Land Forces Command; Commander 4th Czech-Slovak Contingent, KFOR - Kosovo
  • 2004 - 2005
    Commander, 71st Mechanised Battalion
  • 2005 - 2006
    Chief of Staff, 7th Mechanised Brigade
  • 2008
    Commander, Czech Armed Forces 1st Contingent ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team Logar, Afghanistan
  • 2008 - 2011
    Commander, 7th Mechanised Brigade, Joint Force Command
  • 2011 - 2013
    Director, Land Forces Department, MoD Force Development Division – Operations Division
  • 2013 - 2016
    Branch chief, Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC), Bydgoszcz, Poland
  • 1 Aug 2016 – 30 Sep 2017
    Deputy Commander of the Czech Land Forces
  • 1 Oct 2017 – 31 Mar 2018
    Deputy Director, MoD Capabilities Development and Planning Division
  • 1 Apr 2018 – 11 Jul 2022
    Director, MoD Forces Development Division
  • 12 Jul 2022 – 30 Sept 2023
    First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
  • 1 Oct 2023
    Czech Military Representative to NATO and the European Union

Decorations:

  • Czech Armed Forces Medal, 1st , 2nd and 3rd grade
  • Czech Armed Forces Service Medal, 1st grade
  • NATO medal "In Service of Peace and Freedom"
  • Medal of the Minister of Defence "Service in KFOR", 3rd grade, 2nd grade
  • Cooperation with NATO in Kosovo decoration
  • NATO Non Article 5 Medal, ISAF Operation
  • NATO 1999 – 2009 commemoration badge
  • Czech Armed Forces Honorary Badge of Merit, 3rd class
  • Cross of merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, 3rd Class

Languages:

  • English

Status:

  • Married with Anna, two children