Daniel Rux,
He studied technical cybernetics and bionics at Ilmenau University in Germany. After his studies, he began his then-mandatory one-year military service and underwent infantry training—which was, fortunately, interrupted by the revolution.
The 1990s arrived, and the former anti-tank gunner became an interpreter at the General Staff, rising from private to officer. During a visit to Prague Castle with a German military attaché and a high-ranking Czechoslovak Army officer, he was commended by then-President Havel for his accent-free command of Czech.
That era had a unique charm. The army was in desperate need of personnel capable of communicating in languages other than Russian and offered a career path involving overseas postings; yet, even this did not convince him to pursue a future with the armed forces. He took advantage of his newfound freedom to launch a business career: he established a translation agency, built and opened a hotel, and became active in real estate development.
In 2012, he joined a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting Prague’s synagogues. He spent countless hours guarding hundreds of events held both in synagogues and in public spaces, obtained a firearms license, and completed extensive training in marksmanship, self-defense, and the protection of "soft targets"—including training courses abroad.
Following the establishment of a new progressive community, he built its security system, trained the team, and led it until the end of last year. He focuses on security issues in his professional work as an analyst. His hobbies include traveling—having visited nearly 60 countries—as well as mountain biking and Yiddish.
He speaks Czech, German, English, and Hebrew, and has some knowledge of Russian.