Press Secretary

PhDr. Ing. Daniel Váňa, Ph.D.
Email: daniel.vana@gmail.com
Phone: +420 602 110 175

Born on 12 June 1962, Daniel Váňa is a Czech economist, historian, media analyst, and university lecturer. Since 2015, he has served as a member of the Czech Television Council.

Daniel Váňa graduated in 1986 with an MSc (Ing.) in Finance and Credit from the Faculty of Economics at the Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE). A decade later, he completed a degree in History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. In 2014, he earned his Ph.D. in Economic Policy at the Department of Economic Policy, Faculty of Economics, VŠE. Since 2015, he has also been pursuing doctoral studies in Media Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc. In 2016, he defended his rigorous thesis at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, obtaining the title PhDr.

Since 1986, he has taught at VŠE in Prague—initially in the Economic History section of the Department of National Economic Planning (until 1989), and subsequently at the Department of Economic History (from 1990 onward). His research focuses on the economic history of interwar Czechoslovakia, monetary affairs, and the history of media communication. Since 2013, he has also served as press officer and member of the leadership of the Faculty of Economics at VŠE. In 2014, he was elected to the Academic Senate of VŠE. Between 2008 and 2013, he lectured on the theory of media communication and public relations at the College of International and Public Relations Prague, and since 2011 he has also taught media communication at the Diplomatic Academy.

Since 2002, he has acted as an advisor to ministers of the Czech Government and members of the Czech Parliament. As a media advisor, he worked closely with the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People’s Party (KDU-ČSL) and later with the ANO 2011 movement, where he led the media section.

In 2014, he ran for the Czech Television Council but withdrew from the election and subsequently became a media advisor to Andrej Babiš. He ran again in May 2015; although unsuccessful in the first round, he advanced to the second round, where he received 104 out of 166 votes in a secret ballot, thus securing his position as a member of the Czech Television Council, assuming office on 30 May 2015.