Vojáček returns as head of state-run forestry company Lesy ČR

Josef Vojáček is to become the new head of the state-run forestry company Lesy ČR after winning a selection process launched by the Agriculture Ministry, the ministry’s spokesman said on Wednesday.

Agriculture Minister Martin Šebestyán dismissed the former director, Dalibor Šafařík, saying that under his leadership Lesy ČR had contributed to rising timber prices.

Vojáček previously led the company — which manages nearly half of the Czech Republic’s forests — from 2018 to 2021, during the second term of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.