Martin Pecina the Protection of Competition. In May 2009, Pecina became Minister of Interior in the cabinet of the Prime Minister Jan Fischer. He was nominated by the Social Democratic Party. Martin Pecina Martin Pecina (born 9 July 1968) is a Czech politician, who twice served as Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic. He was the Minister of Interior in caretaker governments of Jan Fischer and Jiří Rusnok. He also served as the chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition. Pecina was born in Ostrava. He's a graduate of the Technical University of Ostrava. He worked as a programmer
Tim Fischer won the 1993 election. On 23 March 1993, ten days after the election, Ian Sinclair unsuccessfully challenged Fischer for the leadership. The Liberals finally regained office under John Howard in 1996. Fischer became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. The Liberals had won a majority in their own right in the 1996 election, leaving the Nationals in a much weaker position compared to previous Coalition governments. Nonetheless, Fischer was fairly active. He supported the government introducing tough gun control measures following the Port Arthur massacre in April 1996, measures which were opposed by much of his party's rural base.