Zbyněk Stanjura


Zbyněk Stanjura is a Czech politician, who served as Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic from December 2012 to July 2013. He was appointed to Petr Nečas's Cabinet on 12 December 2012. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2010.

Political career

He started his political career at communal level. As a member of ODS he was mayor of Opava from 2002 to 2010. In 2010 he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies and in December 2012 he was named minister of transport in Petr Nečas' Cabinet.
Since 2013, Stanjura has served as Chief Whip of the Civic Democratic Party under the leadership of Petr Fiala. He upheld his seat in 2017 elections and was elected chief whip once again.