Antonín Baudyš (9 September 1946 – 24 August 2010) was a Czech academic and politician who served as defense minister from 1993 to 1994.

[2][3] He studied mechanical engineering[1] and graduated from the Czech Technical University (CVUT).

[3] He was named deputy prime minister in 1989 shortly after the fall of communist regime and held the post until July 1992.

[3] One of his first activities as defense minister was to initiate the cleansing of the society from hard-liner communists and informers.

[1] He stated his aim as defense minister to transform the ministry into "an integrated civilian-military institution".