Vít Rakušan
Vít Rakušan (born 16 June 1978) is a Czech pedagogue and politician who has served as the leader of the Mayors and Independents (STAN) political party since 2019 and its 1st vice-chairman from 2016 to 2019. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since October 2017; an elected representative of the Central Bohemia Region since 2012, and was the mayor of the City of Kolín from 2010 to 2019. In 2021, he assumed the posts of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Petr Fiala. Life Rakušan was born in Kolín. He majored in history and German studies at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice and school management at Charles University in Prague (earning a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree). Since 2000 he has run his own business, between 2000 and 2015 in the area of German language teaching. He teaches German language at Jiří Orten Grammar School /Gymnázium Jiřího Ortena/ in Kutná Hora. Vít Rakušan is married for the second time; in September 2015 Marie Auerová became his current wife. Their son Matěj was born in October 2017 and son Jonáš in April 2020. He has a