Today, President of the Republic Petr Pavel, appointed Michal Bartoň as a Justice of the Constitutional Court. The solemn act took place a day after the ten-year mandate of the Justice of the Constitutional Court Josef Fiala had expired.

Doc. JUDr. Michal Bartoň, Ph.D. graduated from the Faculty of Law of Palacký University in Olomouc in 1999. In 2005, he successfully completed his doctoral studies at the Masaryk University Faculty of Law in Brno. At the same faculty, he also successfully defended his habilitation thesis on the topic of freedom of speech in 2012 and was appointed an associate professor in constitutional law and theory of state. Freedom of speech and fundamental rights have been the main areas of his professional expertise.

For more than two decades, Michal Bartoň has been the member of the Department of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law of Palacky University in Olomouc. In 2024, he became its head. From 2009 to 2024, he served as Chairman of the Academic Senate of the Palacký University Faculty of Law.

From 2008 to 2013, he was a member of the working committee of the Legislative Council of the Government of the Czech Republic. From 2013 to 2023, he was an assistant to the Constitutional Court Justice Milada Tomková. Since 2023, he has been an assistant to the Constitutional Court Justice Daniela Zemanová.

Thanks to his expertise, legal experience and his reputation as a leading expert in constitutional law Michal Bartoň will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the Constitutional Court. We wish Mr. Justice all the best in fulfilling his new important mission.

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