Lieutenant General Jaromír ZŮNA (Ret.) served as the 1st Deputy of the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces. His responsibility included coordination and development of long term concepts, policies and strategies of the AFCR/MOD. Was personally responsible for international cooperation of the AFCR with the Allied and Partner nations and all the tasks and functions related to NATO IMS/NCS/NFS, EU, UN and international organizations. During his career he occupied various command and staff positions including Chief of Staff of the Training and Doctrine Command, Commander of the Training command and Military Academy, Director of the Logistics Agency, and Director of the Support Division of the MOD/GS. His international experience includes deployments in NATO operations IFOR/SFOR, he also served as the Senior Liaison Officer to the U.S. Army TRADOC in Fort Monroe, Chief of Staff and later Deputy Commander of the NATO Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz, and Defence Attache of the Czech Republic in Beijing.

In his career LtG Jaromír ZŮNA (Ret.) attended numerous international courses and schools, among others, the U.S. Army Infantry School in Fort Benning, Command General and Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, National Defense University in Washington and Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk. He holds Ph.D. in Defence Management and Security Studies from the University of Defence in Brno, and Master Degree in National Security Strategy from National Defence University in Washington, International Relations and European Studies from Metropolitan University in Prague, and Military University of the Ground Forces in Vyskov.