Lieutenant General Karel ŘEHKA
Karel Řehka (* February 1, 1975) Lieutenant General of the Czech Armed Forces, from July 2022 Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces. Between 2010 and 2014 he was the commander of the 601st Special Forces Group, between 2014 and 2017 he was the Director of the Special Forces, and between 2017 and 2020 he was the deputy commander of the NATO Multinational Division Northeast in Elbląg (Poland). He also held the position of director of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency from March 2020 to June 2022.
Deployments:
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1999 – 2000
Team leader, 6th Reconnaissance Company, KFOR, Kosovo
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2004
Deputy Commander of Czech Special Forces Contingent, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
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2006 – 2007
Senior lead officer – specialist, ISAF, SOCCE, Afghanistan
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2007 – 2008
Senior lead officer – specialist, ISAF, SOCCE, Afghanistan
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2011
Commander, Czech Special Operations Task Force ISAF, Afghanistan
Education:
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1989 – 1993
Military Grammar School, Opava
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1993 – 1997
Military University of Ground Forces, Vyškov (reconnaissance branch)
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1996
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom (Officers course)
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1999
Ranger Course, USA
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2000 – 2001
Distance studies, Military University of Ground Forces, Vyškov (reconnaissance branch)
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2002
Joint Terminal Attack Controller course, United Kingdom
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2003
Senior officers course – brigade staff course (national defence management – crisis management), Military Academy, Brno
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2015 – 2016
General Staff course, University of Defence Brno