Jan Stráský
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Jan Stráský (24 December 1940, Plzeň) is a Czech politician.
Stráský studied philosophy and political economy at the Charles University in Prague. During the 1960s-'80s he worked at the Central bank of Czechoslovakia.
In 1991 Stráský became member of the Civic Democratic Party, since 1992 he was member of parliament, minister of transportation (1993-95), and minister of health (1995-96). From 2 July - 31 December 1992 he served as prime minister as well as acting president of Czechoslovakia (before it was dissolved). Later he left politics and as of 2005 works in the civil service.
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Preceded by Marián Čalfa |
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1992 |
Succeeded by (none) |
Preceded by Václav Havel |
President of Czechoslovakia (acting) 1992 |
Succeeded by (none) |
Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia | |
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First Republic | Karel Kramář • Vlastimil Tusar • Jan Černý • Edvard Beneš • Antonín Švehla • Jan Černý • Antonín Švehla • František Udržal • Jan Malypetr • Milan Hodža • Jan Syrový |
Second Republic | Jan Syrový • Rudolf Beran |
Government in exile | Jan Šrámek • Zdeněk Fierlinger |
Transition to Communism | Zdeněk Fierlinger • Klement Gottwald |
Communist | Klement Gottwald • Antonín Zápotocký • Viliam Široký • Jozef Lenárt • Oldřich Černík • Lubomír Štrougal • Ladislav Adamec • Marián Čalfa |
after the Velvet Revolution | Petr Pithart • Jan Stráský |