Vlastimil Válek
[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University (MUNI) in 1985 with a degree in radiodiagnostics, and in the same year joined the staff of Brno University Hospital in Bohunice, where he is now head of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal tumors.[1] In 2010, Válek was elected as a non-partisan for TOP 09 by representatives of the Brno-Líšeň City District.In November 2019 he was elected vice-chairman of TOP 09, and in January 2021 also Chairman of the party's parliamentary group.He was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2021,[1] and subsequently nominated as the Minister of Health in the new government of Petr Fiala.His interests include dulcimer music, choral singing, literature and Czech art.