Jan Kalvoda

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Jan Kaldova
Minister of Justice
In office
1992–1996
Prime Minister Václav Klaus
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
2 July 1992  7 January 1997
Prime Minister Václav Klaus
Personal details
Born (1953-10-30) October 30, 1953
Prague
Nationality Czech
Political party Civic Democratic Alliance (Until 1996)

Jan Kalvoda (born 30 October 1953) is a Czech lawyer and politician. He led the Civic Democratic Alliance and served as deputy prime minister and justice minister in the 1990s.

Early life

Kalvoda was born in 1953.[1]

Career

Kalvoda is a lawyer by training.[2] He was the chairman of the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) from 1992 to 1996.[3][4] He resigned from office 17 December 1996, and Michal Žantovský became the ODA leader.[5][6]

He served as deputy prime minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus from 2 July 1992 to 7 January 1997.[7][8] He was in charge of the civil service and legislation.[9] He was also justice minister in the cabinet from 1992 to 1996.[2] He resigned from all of his posts in addition to his seat at the parliament on 16 December 1996.[6] The reason for his resignation was that he lied about about holding a PhD in law.[6][10] Kaldova admitted it.[6]

References

  1. Brokl, Lubomir; Zdenka Mansfeldová (December 1994). "Czech Republic". European Journal of Political Research 26 (3-4). Retrieved 26 August 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Czech Election Turmoil: What Caused This Mess?". Wikileaks. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2013. 
  3. "Klaus praises Czechoslovakia's split 20 years ago". Prague Daily Monitor (Prague). 20 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2013. 
  4. "Deputy Prime Minister on Territorial Division". Data Synthesis. Retrieved 26 August 2013. 
  5. Rick Fawn (2000). The Czech Republic: A Nation of Velvet. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic. p. 68. Retrieved 1 September 2013.    via Questia (subscription required)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ian Jeffries (2001). Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to the Economies in Transition. London: Routledge. p. 161. Retrieved 1 September 2013.    via Questia (subscription required)
  7. Jiri Pehe. "Czech Parties' Views of the EU and NATO". OMRI. Retrieved 26 August 2013. 
  8. "Czech ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 26 August 2013. 
  9. Vesselin Dimitrov; Klaus H. Goetz; Hellmut Wollmann (2006). Governing After Communism: Institutions and Policymaking. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7425-4009-5. Retrieved 26 August 2013. 
  10. Raymond Whitaker (22 December 1996). "Flat Earth". The Independent (London). p. 11. Retrieved 1 September 2013.    via Questia (subscription required)
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