Background
Motejl, Otakar was born on September 10, 1932 in Prague.
Motejl, Otakar was born on September 10, 1932 in Prague.
Doctor of Laws, Charles University, Prague, 1955.
He served as the first ombudsman of the Czechoslovakian Republic from 2000 until his death in 2010. In 1998–2000 he served as the Minister of Justice. Motejl graduated from the Law Faculty of the Charles University of Prague in 1955, and then worked as a lawyer in Banská Bystrica, Kladno, and Prague.
Between 1966 to 1968, he worked at the Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice, then became a judge of the Supreme Court in 1968.
On 18 December 2000, he was selected as Ombudsman. Then in 2006, Motejl was elected into the Chamber of Deputies of the Czechoslovakian Republic for six years.