Karla Šlechtová
Czech politician and economist
Karla Šlechtová (born 22 May 1977) is a Czech politician and economist who served as Minister of Defence from December 2017 to June 2018. Previously, she also served as Minister of Regional Development from 2014 to 2017. Šlechtová has also been Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) since October 2017.
In March 2017, she became the first active politician in the Czech Republic to come out as lesbian.
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