From the 1990s, he worked successively as the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Prime Minister at the time of Czechia’s accession to the European Union, and then as the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights. In 2001–2004, he was Chairman of the Czech Social Democratic Party; currently he is a member of the Board of Directors of Masaryk Democratic Academy, of which he was Managing Director until recently.
He dealt with energy issues mainly at a strategic level as part of his official posts. Between 2014 and 2017, he was Director of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Department. In 2020, he represented the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Governmental Coal Committee.
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