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Vesecká served previously as District State Attorney for [[Hradec Králové]] in eastern [[Bohemia]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Antl says he has not avoided summons delivery |date=8 January 2004 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19942841_ITM |accessdate=10 May 2009 |publisher=[[Czech News Agency]]}}</ref> She became Acting Supreme State Attorney in 2005, following the recall of the previous incumbent [[Marie Benešová]] after several disagreements with justice minister [[Pavel Němec]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12197464_ITM |publisher=[[Czech News Agency]] |accessdate=10 May 2009 |date=29 December 2005|title=New penal code passed, courts, ministry end their disputes.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Czech government fires chief state attorney |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-113637800.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025132845/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-113637800.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2012 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=29 September 2005 |accessdate=10 May 2009}}</ref> Vesecká was appointed formally to the role on November 9, 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115044598.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025132854/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115044598.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2012 |accessdate=10 May 2009 |title=Czech Republic’s chief state attorney appointed |publisher=Associated Press |date=11 November 2005}}</ref> On her appointment, Vesecká pledged to concentrate on the handling of bankruptcy, corruption, and terrorism cases, implement investigations into past [[war crimes]], and to increase the number of state attorneys in the state’s employment.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11560153_ITM |publisher=Europe Intelligence Wire |accessdate=10 May 2009 |date=9 November 2005 |title=Govt definitively confirms Vesecká as supreme state attorney}}</ref>

In 2009 the opposition [[Czech Social Democratic Party]] (ČSSD) and the [[Green Party (Czech Republic)|Green Party]] (SZ) both demanded that Vesecká leave her post, citing concerns over the failed prosecution of [[Jiří Čunek]], former deputy prime minister and chairman of the [[KDU-CSL]] party (the junior party in the governing coalition).<ref name=”noviny”>{{Cite news |title=Czech Greens want govt to sack Supreme State Attorney Vesecká |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=365317&id_seznam=2570 |accessdate=10 May 2009 |date=12 March 2009 |publisher=Česká tisková kancelář}}</ref> Čunek had faced charges of corruption over an alleged 500,000-koruna bribe from the H&B Real Estate company,<ref name=”tic”/> but his case was thrown out in late 2007.<ref name=”noviny”/> The dismissal of Čunek’s case had in turn been criticized by Adam Basny, the District State Attorney for [[Liberec]], whom Vesecká had then fired. Basny’s dismissal prompted criticism from outside the Czech Republic and within: [[Transparency International]], a corruption watchdog, said that if the state attorney’s office was prepared to fire dissenters within its own ranks, it might next pursue opponents in wider Czech society.<ref name=”tic”>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=362201&id_seznam=4867 |title=Situation of Czech attorneys threatens corruption inquiry – TIC |date=24 February 2009|accessdate=10 May 2009 |~~publisher~~=Ceske noviny}}</ref> Vesecká also faced criticism from her predecessor Benesova, who accused Vesecká of membership in a “[[judiciary mafia]]“.<ref name=”assoc”/> The two opposition parties insisted that without Vesecká’s departure they would not support the governing coalition, which had fallen following a [[Czech Republic Government Vote of No Confidence, 2009|vote of no confidence]] in its handling of the [[2008 financial crisis]], but was expected to continue governing until an early election in October 2009. The Czech Association of State Attorneys in March 2009 also called on Vesecká to leave, but the governing [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democrats]] rejected calls for her removal.<ref name=”assoc”>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=366534&id_seznam=2570 |title=Czech attorneys say Supreme State Attorney should leave – server |date=19 March 2009|~~publisher~~=Ceske noviny }}</ref> Vesecka has also been referred to as “she is going to go to jail” by Kristyna Koci, as she was being secretly taped in Spring 2011, trying to split her own party VV (Public affairs) by performing a coup based on bribery accusations with the help of Petr Tluchor and some other [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democrats]].

In 2009 the opposition [[Czech Social Democratic Party]] (ČSSD) and the [[Green Party (Czech Republic)|Green Party]] (SZ) both demanded that Vesecká leave her post, citing concerns over the failed prosecution of [[Jiří Čunek]], former deputy prime minister and chairman of the [[KDU-CSL]] party (the junior party in the governing coalition).<ref name=”noviny”>{{Cite news |title=Czech Greens want govt to sack Supreme State Attorney Vesecká |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=365317&id_seznam=2570 |accessdate=10 May 2009 |date=12 March 2009 |publisher=Česká tisková kancelář}}</ref> Čunek had faced charges of corruption over an alleged 500,000-koruna bribe from the H&B Real Estate company,<ref name=”tic”/> but his case was thrown out in late 2007.<ref name=”noviny”/> The dismissal of Čunek’s case had in turn been criticized by Adam Basny, the District State Attorney for [[Liberec]], whom Vesecká had then fired. Basny’s dismissal prompted criticism from outside the Czech Republic and within: [[Transparency International]], a corruption watchdog, said that if the state attorney’s office was prepared to fire dissenters within its own ranks, it might next pursue opponents in wider Czech society.<ref name=”tic”>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=362201&id_seznam=4867 |title=Situation of Czech attorneys threatens corruption inquiry – TIC |date=24 February 2009|accessdate=10 May 2009 |=Ceske noviny}}</ref> Vesecká also faced criticism from her predecessor Benesova, who accused Vesecká of membership in a “judiciary mafia”.<ref name=”assoc”/> The two opposition parties insisted that without Vesecká’s departure they would not support the governing coalition, which had fallen following a [[Czech Republic Government Vote of No Confidence, 2009|vote of no confidence]] in its handling of the [[2008 financial crisis]], but was expected to continue governing until an early election in October 2009. The Czech Association of State Attorneys in March 2009 also called on Vesecká to leave, but the governing [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democrats]] rejected calls for her removal.<ref name=”assoc”>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=366534&id_seznam=2570 |title=Czech attorneys say Supreme State Attorney should leave – server |date=19 March 2009|=Ceske noviny}}</ref> Vesecka has also been referred to as “she is going to go to jail” by Kristyna Koci, as she was being secretly taped in Spring 2011, trying to split her own party VV (Public affairs) by performing a coup based on bribery accusations with the help of Petr Tluchor and some other [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democrats]].

Vesecká ran as a candidate in the [[2025 Czech parliamentary election]] with the [[Motorists for Themselves]] party. She was elected as the lead candidate for the party list in the [[Hradec Králové Region]].<ref>https://hradecky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/renata-vesecka-volby-2025-kralovehradecky-kraj-motoriste-sobe.html</ref>

==References==

Renata Vesecká (born c. 1960) served as State Attorney for the Czech Republic from 2005 until 2010.

Vesecká served previously as District State Attorney for Hradec Králové in eastern Bohemia.^[1] She became Acting Supreme State Attorney in 2005, following the recall of the previous incumbent Marie Benešová after several disagreements with justice minister Pavel Němec.^[2]^[3] Vesecká was appointed formally to the role on November 9, 2005.^[4] On her appointment, Vesecká pledged to concentrate on the handling of bankruptcy, corruption, and terrorism cases, implement investigations into past war crimes, and to increase the number of state attorneys in the state’s employment.^[5]

In 2009 the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) and the Green Party (SZ) both demanded that Vesecká leave her post, citing concerns over the failed prosecution of Jiří Čunek, former deputy prime minister and chairman of the KDU-CSL party (the junior party in the governing coalition).^[6] Čunek had faced charges of corruption over an alleged 500,000-koruna bribe from the H&B Real Estate company,^[7] but his case was thrown out in late 2007.^[6] The dismissal of Čunek’s case had in turn been criticized by Adam Basny, the District State Attorney for Liberec, whom Vesecká had then fired. Basny’s dismissal prompted criticism from outside the Czech Republic and within: Transparency International, a corruption watchdog, said that if the state attorney’s office was prepared to fire dissenters within its own ranks, it might next pursue opponents in wider Czech society.^[7] Vesecká also faced criticism from her predecessor Benesova, who accused Vesecká of membership in a “judiciary mafia”.^[8] The two opposition parties insisted that without Vesecká’s departure they would not support the governing coalition, which had fallen following a vote of no confidence in its handling of the 2008 financial crisis, but was expected to continue governing until an early election in October 2009. The Czech Association of State Attorneys in March 2009 also called on Vesecká to leave, but the governing Civic Democrats rejected calls for her removal.^[8] Vesecka has also been referred to as “she is going to go to jail” by Kristyna Koci, as she was being secretly taped in Spring 2011, trying to split her own party VV (Public affairs) by performing a coup based on bribery accusations with the help of Petr Tluchor and some other Civic Democrats.

Vesecká ran as a candidate in the 2025 Czech parliamentary election with the Motorists for Themselves party. She was elected as the lead candidate for the party list in the Hradec Králové Region.^[9]

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