Jan Blatný

Jan Blatný (born 24 March 1970) is a Czech physician, teacher[1] and politician. On 29 October 2020 he was named as Minister of Health of the Czech Republic by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš following the resignation of Roman Prymula.

Jan Blatný
Minister of Health
In office
29 October 2020  7 April 2021
Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš
Preceded byRoman Prymula
Succeeded byPetr Arenberger
Personal details
Born (1970-03-24) March 24, 1970
Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political partyIndependent (nominated by ANO 2011)
Domestic partnerDana Blatná
Children3
Alma materMasaryk University
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On 7 April 2021 he was replaced by Petr Arenberger. President Miloš Zeman welcomed the change because Blatný had refused to recognize Russian and Chinese vaccines against COVID-19 as safe, but it was criticized by the most members of the parliamentary opposition.

References

  1. Brno, F. N. "MUDr. Jan Blatný, Ph.D.: FN Brno je uznávaným komplexním hemofilickým centrem". FN Brno (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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