It’s one of the most important role that represent the Czech Republic all over the world. The first Lady should invest time and efforts performing her duties in the country and with the President at his official visits around the world.
This role should be regulated with a fair salary and social insurance. The new legal regulation in the right step and should be done long time ago.
“The Office of the President of the Republic perceives the proposed legal regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as a comprehensive solution that should facilitate the effective functioning of the First Lady for the first time in history in a way that would correspond to the needs and expectations associated with this position, including the correction of the non-existent pension and health insurance for the years spent fulfilling this demanding and publicly watched tasks.
The role of the wife or husband, or the partner of the President of the Republic has not yet been anchored in the legal system of the Czech Republic, which we perceive in the twenty-first century as a situation that must inevitably be rectified.
The role of the first lady is a position that cannot actually be combined with a job or other gainful activity. Despite this fact, the wife of the President of the Republic has not yet received any compensation for fulfilling this role.
At the same time, it is expected that the wife of the President of the Republic will accompany him at official events in the Czech Republic, when receiving foreign visits, trips to the regions or in a number of other similar situations. It is expected that he will also participate in foreign trips. Last but not least, it is also expected that the wife of the President of the Republic will have and will handle her own agenda, e.g. grant patronage, publicly support non-profit or other projects, handle correspondence addressed to her, or engage in her own charitable activities.
The proposed changes, however, do not only regulate compensations, which are supposed to ensure the functioning of the apparatus of the wife of the president of the republic during the performance of the role of the first lady.
Legal regulations thus bring solutions that the Office of the President of the Republic perceives as necessary in the twenty-first century. We are therefore very happy that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to address the situation.”