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Petr Pavel

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Petr Pavel (Czech: [ˈpɛtr̩ ˈpavɛl]; born 1 November 1961) is a Czech politician and retired army general, currently serving as the president of the Czech Republic since March 2023. Prior to this, he held the position of Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018, and served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces between 2012 and 2015. Born in Planá to a military family, Pavel enlisted right after graduating from military academy in 1983. He served in the Czechoslovak People's Army and joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petr Pavel is the 2,874th most popular politician (down from 2,714th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Czechia and the 25th most popular Czech Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Petr Pavel ranks 2,874 out of 19,576Before him are Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Agustín de Iturbide, Bolesław III Wrymouth, Qasar, Otto Grotewohl, and Mieszko I of Poland. After him are Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Henry the Young King, Andronikos V Palaiologos, Yoav Galant, Milan Nedić, and Baldwin Spencer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Petr Pavel ranks 18Before him are Hibatullah Akhundzada, Eddie Murphy, António Costa, Liam Cunningham, Yanis Varoufakis, and Joko Widodo. After him are Peter Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Enya, Manu Chao, James Gandolfini, and Luis de la Fuente.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Petr Pavel ranks 89 out of 1,200Before him are Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Max Wertheimer (1880), Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), and Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531). After him are Victor Lustig (1890), Josef Hoffmann (1870), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Henry of Bohemia (1265), Johann Stamitz (1717), and Christoph Schönborn (1945).

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