Antonín Staněk
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Antonín Staněk | |
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| Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic | |
| In office 27 June 2018 – 31 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ilja Šmíd |
| Succeeded by | Lubomír Zaorálek |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic | |
| In office 21 October 2017 – 21 October 2021 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Filip Turek |
| Mayor of Olomouc | |
| In office 10 November 2014 – 15 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Major |
| Succeeded by | Miroslav Žbánek |
| Representative of Olomouc | |
| In office 16 October 2010 – 24 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1966 |
| Party | Social Democratic Party (2001–2021) Přísaha (until 2026) |
| Alma mater | Palacký University Olomouc |
Antonín Staněk (born 2 March 1966) is a Czech politician serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2025.[1] He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. Staněk served as Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic in the Second cabinet of Andrej Babiš between June 2018 and July 2019. He served as mayor of Olomouc from 2014 to 2018. For twenty years between 2001 and 2021, Staněk was a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Staněk was born on 2 March 1966. In 2001, he joined the Department of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University.[2] Staněk also graduated as vice-dean for study matters and head of the Department of Social Sciences.[3] In March 2021, after the complaints of students the management of the Faculty of Education of the UP had Staněk's lecture materials submitted and interrupted cooperation with him by mutual agreement.[4]
A municipal politician, his salary was around 200,000 CZK per month.[5] Although Staněk served as Minister of Culture from 2018 until 2019, he was not interested in culture during his parliamentary mandate.[6]
