Deputy Chief of the General Staff - Director of the Joint Operations Centre

Major General Jiri Verner

Marital status: married
Wife: Denisa Vernerova
Date of Birth: 14 July 1962
Place of Birth: Chrudim, Czech Republic

Education:

1985
Military Air Force College, Kosice, Slovak Republic
1999
NATO Air Ground Operational School, Ede, The Netherlands
2000 - 2001
Air War College, Alabama, USA
2005
Course for SAAB 39 Gripen pilots, Aerotechnical Services School, Linköping, Sweden

Language:

English

Career:

1985 – 1987
Senior Pilot
1987 – 1990
Flight Leader
1990 – 1992
Deputy Squadron Commander
1992 – 1994
Combat Squadron Commander
1994 – 1999
Air Group Commander - Deputy Commander of the Base
1999 – 2000
Chief of Air Inspectors Group - Air Force Headquarters
2001 – 2007
Commander of a Tactical Air Force Base
2007 - 2008
NATO International Military Staff, Brussels, Belgium
2008 – 2009
Director of Air Force Department, Force Development Division of Czech MoD
2009 – 2013
Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces - Air Force Commander
30 June 2009
appointed Brigadier General
2013 - 2016
Defence Attaché of the Czech Republic to the United States of America
2016 - 2017
Adviser to Chief of the General Staff, Personal Staff of Czech Armed Forces (CAF) Command
28 October 2016
appointed Major General
2017
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of CAF - Director of the Joint Operations Centre of MoD

Decorations (selection):

Ribbon to the Medal "For Service in Czech Armed Forces", Grade I - XX
Medal of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For Service Abroad", Grade III
Honorary Badge of Czech Armed Forces "For Merits", Grade III
"The Cross of Merit of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic", Grade I
CAF Medal, Grade I
Commemorative Medal of Karel Kramar
Commemorative Badge "NATO Summit Prague 2002"
Commemorative Badge "NATO 1999 - 2009"
Honorary Badge of CAF "Premysl Otakar II, The King of Iron and Gold"
The Order of the Polar Star - Commander Grand Cross (Sweden)

Children:

daughter Andrea, son Tomas

Hobbies:

sport - tennis, skiing, golf, flying

Rearranged: August 30, 2018