Lieutenant General Miroslav Žižka

Marital Status: married

Wife: Zita

Date of Birth: 16 September 1964

Place of Birth: Chomutov

Educational Background:

• 1978 – 1982
  Military High School of Jan Zizka at Moravska Trebova
• 1982 – 1986
  Military Ground Forces College at Vyskov
• 1993 – 1994
  German Language Course at Komorni Hradek
• 1994 – 1995
  Academic Course AK-1 at the Military Academy in Brno
• 1996/05
  “ Intelligence Research of the Theatre Course “ at the Military Academy in Brno
• 1998 – 1999
  English Language Course at Prostejov
• 2000/01-04
  English Language Course at Beaconsfield, Great Britain
• 2000/11
  Negotiating and Mediation Course at Cornvalis, Canada
• 2003/03
  Senior Officers Military Policy Course at Oberammergau, Germany
• 2005 – 2006
  Course of the General Staff at the University of Defence in Brno

Foreign Languages:

• English
• German
• Russian
• Serbian-Croatian (passively)

Service Experience:

• 08/86 - 12/86
  leader of a mechanised platoon
• 12/86 - 12/88
  commander of a mechanised company
• 12/88 - 08/89
  Chief of Staff of a mechanised battalion
• 08/89 - 10/90
  Commander of a mechanised battalion
• 10/90 - 09/91
  Chief of Staff of a mechanised battalion
• 09/91 - 12/92
  Deputy Commander of a mechanised battalion
• 12/92 - 09/94
  Commander of a mechanised battalion
• 09/94 - 12/94
  Deputy Commander of a mechanised regiment
• 12/94 - 01/97
  Commander of a reconnaissance battalion of a mechanised brigade
• 01/97 - 12/97
  Chief of Staff of the 6th Mechanised Battalion in SFOR Operation, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 12/97 - 10/00
  Commander of a Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare Brigade
• 10/00 - 10/01
  Commander of a Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare Training Base
• 10/01 - 04/02
  Senior Liaison Officer of SFOR Commander in Zagreb, Croatia
• 04/02 - 08/02
  Commander of a Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare Training Base
• 08/02 - 07/05
  Military Assistant to Director of Operations at the Joint Headquarters in Brunssum, the Netherlands
• 01/06 - 07/06
  Director of Frequency Measurement Institute
• 08/06 - 04/08
  Director of the Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare Department of the Ministry of Defence
• 1 May 2008
  Commander of Land Forces
• 28 October 2008
  Appointed Brigadier General
• 1 January 2010
  First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of ACR
• 28 October 2011
  Appointed Major General

Children:

daughter Lucie, son David

Hobbies:

fishing, cycling