Vlasta Parkanová

Vlasta Parkanová
Vice-Chair of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 June 2010
Minister of Defence
In office
9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009
Preceded by Jiří Šedivý
Succeeded by Martin Barták
Personal details
Born 21 November 1951 (1951-11-21) (age 60)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Political party TOP 09
Other political
affiliations
KDU-ČSL (2001–2009)

Vlasta Parkanová, née Trnovcová (born 21 November 1951) is a Czech politician who served from January 2007 to May 2009 as the nation's Minister of Defence. In 1997–1998 she served as the Minister of Justice.

Parkanová is a graduate of the Law Faculty of Charles University in Prague, from 1975. She worked as a corporate lawyer from 1970 to 1990, mostly in agricultural organisations.

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