Director General of the Armaments and Acquisitions Division of the MoD

Mr. Lubor Koudelka

• Date of birth: 19 September 1967
• Place of birth: Dvůr Králové nad Labem

 

Education

 

• Oct 2014 – Jun 2015
  Common Security and Defence Policy High Level Course, European Security and Defence College, Brussels, Belgium
• Aug – Dec 2004
  Executive Program in International and Security Affairs, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
• Aug – Sept 1999
  Senior Security Policy Course, Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, Hamburg, Germany
• Jan 1999
  NATO European Security Cooperation Course, NATO School SHAPE, Oberammergau, Germany
• Jul 1986 – Jul 1990
  Master studies, Military Academy, Faculty of Military Pedagogy and Psychology, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 
   

 

Service career:

 

• Jan 2023 - present  
  Director General of the Armaments and Acquisition Division, National Armaments Director
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Sep 2020 – Dec 2022
  Deputy Minister for Armaments and Acquisition, National Armaments Director
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Feb 2020 – Aug 2020 
  Acting Deputy Minister for Armaments and Acquisition, National Armaments Director
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Jun 2015 – Feb 2020
  Director, Armament Management Department, Armaments and Acquisition Division
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• May 2015 – Jun 2015
  Head of Concepts and Analyses Section, Defence Policy and Strategy Division 
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Mar 2014 – Jul 2014
  Director of State Secretary Office
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• May 2013 – Feb 2014
  Director of the Office of the First Deputy Minister of Defence
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Aug 2012 – Apr 2013
  Head of International Relations Section, Defence Policy and Strategy Division
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Feb 2008 – Jun 2012
  Senior Military Adviser, Colonel, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN, OSCE and other international organizations, Vienna, Austria
• Feb 2004 – Jan 2008
  Desk Officer, Lt. Colonel, Defence Policy Department, Defence Policy and Strategy Division – Liaison Officer for defence cooperation with U.S.A., member of the Czech negotiation team for missile defence
• Sep 2000 – Jan 2004
  Military Adviser, Lt. Colonel, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN, OSCE and other international organizations, Vienna, Austria
• Nov 1997 – Aug 2000
  Desk Officer, Major, Defence Policy Department, Defence Policy and Strategy Division – Control of Armament and Disarmament, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Nov 1996 – Oct 1997
  Liaison Officer, Captain, United Nations Guard Contingent in Iraq/UNGCI – Communication Officer, Defence Policy and Strategy Division, 
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Mar 1995 – Mar 1996
  Officer of Mobilization Section, 1st Lieutenant, Territorial Defence HQ, 
  Hradec Králové, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic 
• Dec 1993 – Feb 1995
  Military Observer, 1st Lieutenant, UN Observer Mission in Liberia – Communication Officer, Member of Disarmament Team, Monrovia, Liberia, Defence Policy and Strategy Division, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• Aug 1990 – Nov 1993
  Platoon Commander, Deputy Commander and Commander of Guard Company, Lieutenant – 1st Lieutenant, Territorial Defence HQ, Guard Company Pardubice, 
  Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic 

 

Language skills:

 

• English, Russian, German

 

Hobbies:

 

• Tennis, cycling

Updated: March 27, 2025