President of the Region

Ladislav Okleštěk, the President of the Olomouc Region

Ladislav Okleštěk was born in Prostějov, he is 56. For 20 years he had been a mayor in Výšovice near Prostějov. He is a chairman of the Olomouc regional organization of the ANO party, and since 2013 he is a Member of the Czech Parliament. He knows life from the practical point of view too: he worked at an agricultural cooperative, during the time at the mayor’s office he had his own business, and for 16 years it was basically his unpaid hobby to lead the municipality. In 2016 he successfully ran for the Olomouc Region Parliament. On February 27 2017 the Regional Parliament elected him the President of the Olomouc Region.

The President’s responsibilities: crisis management, social affairs, international relations, and tourism.