Martin Pecina is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 politician

Politician

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. He was the Minister of Interior in caretaker government

Caretaker government

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 of Jan Fischer

Jan Fischer (politician)

Jan Fischer was Prime Minister of the caretaker government of Czech Republic in 2009−2010. A lifelong statistician, he was previously the president of the Czech Statistical Office since April 2003.- Personal life and education :...

. He also serves as the chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition.

Early life

Pecina was born in Ostrava

Ostrava

Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...

. He's a graduate of the Technical University of Ostrava

Technical University of Ostrava

The Technical University of Ostrava , is a university located in the city of Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic....

. He worked as a programmer

Programmer

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 and was Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade from 2003 to 2005 with the Social Democratic Party

CSSD

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. 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

Jan Fischer's Cabinet

The Government of the Czech Republic, led by Prime Minister Jan Fischer, is a caretaker government established after Mirek Topolánek and his government lost confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies. Fischer, an independent statistician, was chosen as non-party candidate for the office of Prime...

 of the Prime Minister Jan Fischer. He was nominated by the Social Democratic Party

CSSD

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