President Pavel to promote 16 military and security officials on Czechoslovak Independence Day

President Petr Pavel will promote Chief of the General Staff Miroslav Hlaváč to army general, the highest rank in the Czech military, at a state ceremony at Prague Castle on October 28.

On the government’s recommendation, Pavel will also promote Prison Service Director General Tomáš Hůlka to lieutenant general, the highest rank in the country’s security services.

In the military, Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff Petr Čepelka and Pavel Lipka, as well as Operations Command chief Jaroslav Míka, are also to be promoted to lieutenant general.

The government has proposed a total of 16 men from the armed forces and security services for promotion.

The president promotes members of the armed forces, police, fire service and other security forces to general ranks twice a year, on Czechoslovak Independence Day and May 8.