Robert Plaga

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Robert Plaga
Plaga in 2023
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
In office 13 December 2017 – 17 December 2021
Prime Minister	Andrej Babiš
Preceded by	Stanislav Štech
Succeeded by	Petr Gazdík
Lieutenant of Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 December 2021
In office 1 February 2015 – 13 December 2017
Representative of South Moravian Region
In office 8 October 2016 – 21 November 2016
Representative of the city of Brno
In office 11 October 2014 – 6 October 2018
Entrusted with the management of Mendel University Brno
In office 1 February 2022 – 30 March 2022
Preceded by	Danuše Nerudová
Succeeded by	Jan Mareš
Personal details
Born	(1978-07-21) 21 July 1978 (age 46) Ivančice, Czechoslovakia
Political party	ANO 2011 (2012–2020)
Spouse	Jana Plagová
Alma mater	Mendel University Brno

Robert Plaga (born 21 July 1978) is a Czech politician and university teacher. He served as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in the Cabinet of Andrej Babiš.^[1]

In December 2011, Plaga joined the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. However, he left the position at the ministry, stating that his ideas about professional management of the agenda did not coincide with the ideas of the ministry.^[2]

Between 2012 and 2015, Plaga worked as the director of the Center for Technology Transfer of the Mendel University in Brno.^[3]

After the resignation of the elected and appointed rector Vojtěch Adam, who did not take on the management of Mendel University, he was entrusted with the management of the university in the beginning of February 2022 as Deputy Minister of Education.^[4] He led the school for two months, at the end of March 2022, Jan Mareš took over as rector.^[5]

After leaving ANO 2011, Plaga he became a Lieutenant of Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in Cabinet of Petr Fiala.^[6]

Plaga is married to Jana Plagová.^[7]

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