Chief of the Military Police

Biography

Brigadier General Miroslav Murcek

Personal Data:

  • Marital Status: married
  • Children: one
  • Date of birth: 13 July 1964
  • Place of birth: Martin, Slovakia

Academic Background:

  • 1982 - 1986
    Army College in Vyskov
  • 1989
    Senior officers course
  • 1989 - 1993
    Basic Military Police Course
  • 1996
    MUSADO Military combat system instructor course, grade 1
  • 2000
    NATO Senior Officers Course - Military Police
  • 2002
    National defence management - crisis management course
  • 2006
    Hand-to-hand combat instructor, grade 2
  • 2011 - 2012
    General Staff National Defence Management course - military strategy and operational art

Service Career:

  • 1986
    Tank platoon commander
  • 1986 - 1989
    Tank company commander
  • 1989
    Chief of staff, tank battalion
  • 1989 - 1993
    Commander, tank battalion
  • 1993
    Senior officer, Military Security Police branch
  • 1994
    Senior officer, Military Patrol and Security Police section
  • 1995 - 1997
    Chief of organisation section, Military Police Command Olomouc
  • 1997 - 1998
    Chief of operation section - Deputy chief of staff, Military Police Command Olomouc
  • 1998 - 2000
    Deputy Chief of Staff, Military Police Command Olomouc
  • 2001 - 2009
    Deputy Commander, Military Police Command Olomouc
  • 2009 - 2018
    Commander, Military Police Command Olomouc
  • 1 January 2019
    Deputy Director - Chief of Professional Development Branch, Professional Development and Activities Agency
  • 15 February 2019
    Chief of Military Police

Deployments:

  • 2001
    Senior officer - J-3 specialist, Stabilisation Force (SFOR), Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2003
    Commander, MP company, 7th Field Hospital, Iraq
  • 2004
    Commander, Czech Armed Forces contingent in the Stabilisation Force - Multinational Forces in Iraq
  • 2006
    Commander, Czech Armed Forces contingent - MoD JOC Military Police, Stabilisation Force - Multinational Forces in Iraq
  • 2008
    Commander, Czech Armed Forces 3rd contingent, MoD JOC Military Police Special Operations Group (SOG) ISAF, Afghanistan

Medals and Decorations:

  • Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Service Abroad – Afghanistan, 3rd Class
  • Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Service Abroad – Iraq, 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class
  • Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, 2nd Class and 3rd Class
  • Czech Armed Forces Badge of Honour, ”Ottokar II of Bohemia, Iron and Golden King“
  • Czech Armed Forces Medal, 2nd Class
  • SFOR service badge of honour
  • NATO anniversary badge
  • Cross of Military Police
  • Badge of honour, Staff Captain Václav Morávek

Languages:

  • English, German

Hobbies:

  • sport

Updated: December 15, 2020