Petr Mlsna Appointed as the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition

2020-12-02
Petr Mlsna was appointed by the President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, as the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition on 1 December 2020.

The six-year term of the new Chairman of the Office started on 2 December 2020. Upon his arrival at the premises of the Office in Brno, Petr Mlsna informed about his first steps in the new position: “I would like to acquaint with the management and discuss the Office´s future with Vice-chairs and directors of key divisions. First of all, I will meet Mr. Rafaj in order to take over the Office and his agenda.”

Since 2003, Petr Mlsna held several positions within the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic and within the Legislative Council of the Government. At the turn of 2012 and 2013, he was the Minister without portfolio. Afterwards, he was the Deputy Minister of Justice and the Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport. From 2015 to his appointment to the position of the Chairman of the Office, he was in charge of the Section of Legislative, State and Local Government Administration at the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic.

 

Petr Mlsna appointed by the president

Photo archive KPR, photo Hana Brožková

 Petr Mlsna

Photo archive OPC, photo Igor Zehl

 

Press Unit of the Office

 

2023-06-28 / The Office has Published the English Version of Its Annual Report 2022 The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") has published the English version of its Annual report for 2022. In the publication you will find complete statistical...

2022-09-23 / Representatives of the Review Bodies on Public Procurement Discussed in Prague the Application of Sanctions and Exclusion of Suppliers On 23 September 2022, the 11th meeting of the Network of First Instance Review Bodies on Public Procurement took place in Prague as a part of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union...

2022-07-29 / Annual Report 2021 The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) publishes the English version of its Annual Report for the year 2021, during which it not only celebrated 30...

2022-04-20 / May 2022 Public Procurement Conference The Office for the Protection of Competition is preparing the first year of the May Conference on Public Procurement to be held on 18 and 19 May 2022. The conference will take place at the Brno headquarters...

2021-09-22 / The Office for the Protection of Competition commemorated 30 years of its existence at a celebratory conference The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ''the Office'') celebrated 30 years of its existence today with a celebratory conference held at the Liechtenstein Palace in Prague...

2021-09-01 / Annual Report of the Office for the Protection of Competition 2020 The Office for the Protection of Competition has published the Annual Report, summarising its notable activities in 2020 and outlining its agenda for 2021, the year in which the Office celebrates its...

2020-10-07 / Chairman of the Office to resign on 1 December Peter Rafaj shall resign his position of the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition with effect from 1st December 2020. Mr. Rafaj has already informed the President of the Czech Republic...

2019-03-11 / Chairman of the Office is convinced that the investigation will confirm the legality of all administrative proceedings Last week, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) was one of the objectives of the police inspection, which main purpose was, among other things, to...

If you want to recieve news by email please give us your adress and choose topic.

Email:
Significant Market Power
Public Procurement
State Aid
Competition
cs | en
+420 542 167 111 · posta@uohs.cz