Vojtěch replaced Petr Arenberger as Health Minister resigned on May 25, 2021, following media revelations that he had failed to declare properties and income when he took over the post on April 7.
Arenberger became the fourth Czech health minister to lose his post during the pandemic.
34-year-old Vojtěch is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague and also studied media studies at the university’s Faculty of Social Sciences. After a year as a lawyer, he became Babiš’s secretary at the Ministry of Finance.
In December 2017 he entered politics himself and was appointed as Minister of Health.
Vojtěch resigned in September 2020 due to his weak management of the pandemic, attracting criticism mainly over the management of hospitals and inefficient procurement of equipment.