Pavel Dismissed the Rector of CTU Petráček. He Is Not in Control of the Economy, the Academic Senate Warned

President Petr Pavel has dismissed Vojtěch Petráček, the rector of the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague. The proposal was approved by the CTU academic senate last week, according to which Petráček has been unable to manage the university's finances in the long term. According to the law, rectors are appointed and dismissed by the president on the proposal of the academic senate. The president's decision must still be signed by Prime Mi…

Petráček has been the head of the school since 2018, his second term was due to end in January 2026. The CTU Academic Senate therefore announced the election of a new rector for the term of office from February 2026 in December last year. They should take place in October. Among the reasons in the proposal to dismiss Petráček was, for example, that he repeatedly failed to reflect on the serious recommendations of the CTU Internal Evaluation Coun…

President Petr Pavel has dismissed Vojtěch Petráček, the rector of the Czech Technical University in Prague. According to the CTU academic senate, Petráček has been unable to manage the university's finances for a long time.