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Ivan Bednárik

Czech-Slovak railway administrator (born 1975)

Ivan Bednárik (born 16 January 1975) is a Slovak railway administrator, who has been the Czech Minister of Transport in the Third cabinet of Andrej Babiš since December 2025. He was director general of Railways of the Slovak Republic from May 2025 to December 2025.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Ivan Bednárik (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 16, 1975.¹

About

From 2020 to 2022, he was chairman and CEO of České dráhy. From 2014 to 2020, he was chairman and CEO of ČD Cargo.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ivan Bednárik, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

České dráhyChief executive officer Dec 4, 2020 to Apr 4, 2022¹⁷
České dráhyBoard member 2020 to 2022¹⁷
ČD CargoChief executive officer 2014 to 2021¹⁸

Early life and education

Date not recordedCentral European Management Institute^{3 4}
Date not recordedGymnázium Janka Kráľa^{3 5}

Career

Occupation: politician, manager.¹¹

Since 2025Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic⁹
2020 to 2022Chief executive, České dráhy⁷
2020 to 2022Board member, České dráhy⁸
2014 to 2020Chairperson of the executive board, ČD Cargo^{9 10}
2014 to 2021Chief executive, ČD Cargo⁶

Personal life

CitizenshipSlovakia, Czechoslovakia^{12 13}

Bednárik is a gun owner authorized to carry a firearm for protection. In his 2026 financial disclosure statement, he acknowledged owning firearms worth over 1.2 million CZK (€ 49,000). Bednárik hunts animals and is an active sport shooter in F-class, shooting at targets at distances of up to 1 km.