Robert Plaga

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Czech politician (born 1978)

Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš

Robert Plaga
Plaga in 2023

Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2025
Prime Minister	Andrej Babiš
Preceded by	Mikuláš Bek
In office 13 December 2017 – 17 December 2021
Prime Minister	Andrej Babiš
Preceded by	Stanislav Štech
Succeeded by	Petr Gazdík
Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
In office 18 December 2021 – 31 August 2022
In office 1 February 2015 – 13 December 2017
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 October 2025

Personal details
Born	(1978-07-21) 21 July 1978 (age 47) Ivančice, Czechoslovakia
Party	ANO (2012–2020) Independent (nominated by ANO, 2020–present)
Spouse	Jana Plagová
Alma mater	Mendel University Brno

Robert Plaga (born 21 July 1978) is a Czech politician and university teacher who has served as Minister of Education since December 2025 in the third cabinet of Andrej Babiš,^[1] and previously from 2017 to 2021 in the second cabinet of Andrej Babiš.^[2]

In December 2011, Plaga joined the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, but later left his position, stating that his ideas about professional management of the agenda did not coincide with the ideas of the ministry.^[3]

Between 2012 and 2015, Plaga was the director of the Center for Technology Transfer of Mendel University in Brno.^[4]

After the resignation of rector Vojtěch Adam, Plaga was entrusted with the management of Mendel University in the beginning of February 2022 as Deputy Minister of Education.^[5] He held the position for two months, before Jan Mareš took over at the end of March 2022.^[6]

After leaving ANO, Plaga became Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Petr Fiala.^[7]

Personal life

Plaga is married to Jana Plagová.

References

↑ "Do čela MŠMT se vrátil Plaga, chce posílení rozpočtu či revizi inkluze". ČeskéNoviny.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
↑ "Zeman jmenoval Babišovu vládu. Přeje si, aby získala důvěru do února". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
↑ Pavlisová, Michaela (1 December 2021). "Přehledně: Účastník SuperStar i výrobce müsli. Kdo bude v nové vládě?". iDNES (in Czech). Prague: Mafra.
↑ "Ing. Robert Plaga, Ph.D." (PDF). Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR (in Czech). 2 December 2015.
↑ "Univerzitu povede dočasně Robert Plaga". Mendel University (in Czech). 1 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
↑ "Prezident Zeman jmenoval rektora Mendelovy univerzity, bude jím Jan Mareš". iDNES (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. Czech News Agency. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
↑ "Jediný exministr, který zůstává: Plaga bude na školství "náměstkovat" Gazdíkovi". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. 18 December 2021.

v t e Current members of the Czech Cabinet
Havlíček Babiš Macinka Schillerová Zůna
Metnar Tejc Bednárik Plaga Juchelka Vojtěch Mrázová Klempíř Šťastný Šebestyán Červený

v t e Ministers of education, youth and sport of the Czech Republic
Piťha Pilip Gruša Sokol Zeman Buzková Kopicová Kuchtová Liška Kopicová Dobeš Fiala Štys Chládek Valachová Štech Plaga Gazdík Balaš Bek Plaga

v t e Third cabinet of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (2025–present)
Finance Minister	Alena Schillerová
Minister of the Interior	Lubomír Metnar
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Aleš Juchelka
Minister of the Environment	Petr Macinka Igor Červený
Minister for Regional Development	Zuzana Mrázová
Minister of Defence	Jaromír Zůna
Minister of Industry and Trade	Karel Havlíček
Minister of Health	Adam Vojtěch
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Petr Macinka
Minister of Justice	Jeroným Tejc
Minister of Transport	Ivan Bednárik
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport	Robert Plaga
Minister of Culture	Oto Klempíř
Minister of Agriculture	Martin Šebestyán
Minister of Sports, Prevention, and Health (in the Government Office)	Boris Šťastný

v t e Cabinets of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (2017–2021)
Finance Minister	Alena Schillerová
Minister of the Interior	Lubomír Metnar Jan Hamáček (June 2018–December 2021)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Jaroslava Němcová Petr Krčál (June 2018–July 2018) Jana Maláčová (July 2018–December 2021)
Minister of the Environment	Richard Brabec
Minister for Regional Development	Klára Dostálová
Minister of Defence	Karla Šlechtová Lubomír Metnar (June 2018–December 2021)
Minister of Industry and Trade	Tomáš Hüner Marta Nováková (June 2018–April 2019) Karel Havlíček (April 2019–December 2021)
Minister of Health	Adam Vojtěch Roman Prymula (September 2020–October 2020) Jan Blatný (October 2020–April 2021) Petr Arenberger (April 2021–May 2021) Adam Vojtěch (May 2021–December 2021)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Martin Stropnický Jan Hamáček (June 2018–October 2018) Tomáš Petříček (October 2018–April 2021) Jan Hamáček (April 2021) Jakub Kulhánek (April 2021–December 2021)
Minister of Justice Chairperson of the Government Legislative Council	Robert Pelikán Taťána Malá (June 2018–July 2018) Jan Kněžínek (June 2018–April 2019) Marie Benešová (April 2019–December 2021)
Minister of Transport	Dan Ťok Vladimír Kremlík (April 2019–January 2020) Karel Havlíček (January 2020–December 2021)
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport	Robert Plaga
Minister of Culture	Ilja Šmíd Antonín Staněk (June 2018–July 2019) Lubomír Zaorálek (July 2019–December 2021)
Minister of Agriculture	Jiří Milek Miroslav Toman (June 2018–December 2021)
Minister without Portfolio State Secretary for European Affairs	Aleš Chmelař

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