Source: Eurojust
Commenting on his return to Eurojust, Mr Zeman stated: I’m very pleased to come back to Eurojust as it is a unique and necessary institution. I see three goals I want to contribute to: the continuation of effective support to practitioners, the development of Eurojust and the creation of a good working environment. To achieve that, we need perfect cooperation between the National Desks and the administration. Everybody must bear in mind that Eurojust is only successful if our clients – the practitioners – are satisfied with our support. And I want Eurojust to succeed.
The new National Member for the Czech Republic graduated in Law at the Charles University of Prague in 1998 and became a public prosecutor in 2001. Mr Zeman specialised in cross-border judicial cooperation in criminal matters and later joined the Prosecutor General’s Office. With the entry of the Czech Republic into the European Union, he became the country’s first National Member at Eurojust.
Mr Zeman was appointed Prosecutor General in 2011, holding this position until 2021. Subsequently, he became a specialised prosecutor in cybercrime, the criminal liability of legal entities and war crimes. He lectures on cybercrime, corporate liability, plea bargaining, judicial ethics and war crimes. He also provides training to prosecutors on media-related matters.
Mr Zeman left the prosecution service in 2024 to lead the Internal Audit Department of the Czech National Bank. Early this year, he returned to the Prosecutor General’s Office, and as of 1 March was appointed Czech National Member at Eurojust. He remains affiliated with Prague Charles University as well as a lecturer at the Czech and Slovak judicial academies. In addition to his mother tongue, Mr Zeman speaks English, German, French, Slovak and Russian.