Bohuslav Kokotek

Kokotek was born in 1949 in Lyžbice in Czechoslovakia in a Polish Evangelical family, the son of Rudolf and Anna.

After graduating from school, he unsuccessfully applied for admission to pedagogical studies at the University of Ostrava.

During the Prague Spring, he started studying theology at the Evangelical-Augsburg faculty in Bratislava, after which he was called to perform military service.

In 1996, he was elected pastor of the parish "Na Nivách", holding the office until his retirement in October 2011.

[2] In March 2016, the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, awarded Bohuslav Kokotek – for outstanding services in the activities for the Polish community in the Czech Republic, for promoting Polish culture and national traditions – with the Golden Cross of Merit.