Martin Pecina
Deputy Prime Minister of Czech Republic
In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014
Prime Minister	Jiří Rusnok
Minister of Interior
In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014
Prime Minister	Jiří Rusnok
Preceded by	Jan Kubice
Succeeded by	Milan Chovanec
In office 8 May 2009 – 13 July 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Fischer
Preceded by	Ivan Langer
Succeeded by	Radek John
Personal details
Born	(1968-07-09) 9 July 1968 (age 55) Český Těšín, Czechoslovakia
Spouse	Alena Pecinová
Children	2
Profession	politician

Martin Pecina (born 9 July 1968) is a Czech politician, who twice served as the minister of Interior of the Czech Republic. He was the minister of Interior in caretaker governments of Jan Fischer ^[1] and Jiří Rusnok. He also served as the chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition.

Early life

Pecina was born in Ostrava. He's a graduate of the Technical University of Ostrava. He worked as a programmer and was Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade from 2003 to 2005 with the Social Democratic Party. Since 2 September 2005, Pecina has been chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition.

Ministerial post

In May 2009, Pecina became Minister of Interior in the cabinet of the Prime Minister Jan Fischer. He was nominated by the Social Democratic Party.

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