Jan Mládek

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Jan Mládek
Minister of Agriculture
In office
16 November 2005 – 4 September 2006
Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek
Preceded by Petr Zgarba
Succeeded by Milena Vicenová
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 June 2002 – 2 December 2005
Personal details
Born (1960-06-01) 1 June 1960
Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia
Political party Czech Social Democratic Party
Website Official website

Jan Mládek (born June 1, 1960, Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech economist and politician (ČSSD). In years 2005–2006 he was Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, beginning of 21st century he was Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Czech Social Democratic Party.[1]

Mládek graduated from University of Economics in Prague in 1983. Then in the years 1985–1990 he studied at Forecasting Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, where in April 1990 he received the title of Candidate of Sciences. Moreover he studied for two years (1987–1989) Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague.[2]

He is married and has five children.[2] He lives in Dráchov.

In 1991 he worked as an assistant at the Department of Economics at Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University. In the years 1991–1992 he worked in the position of advisor to the Federal Minister of Economics and later as his Deputy Minister. In the period 1992–1995 Mládek worked as an external advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade. In 1993–1998 he cooperated with the Central European University in Prague / Budapest in the study of transformation and privatization of the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In the period 1998–1999 he served as Deputy Vice Prime Minister for Economic Policy and from 1999 to May 2001 he was the First Deputy Minister of Finance. In 1999–2001 he was Vice-Governor of the International Monetary Fund for the Czech Republic.[1]

In the 2002 elections Mládek was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Social Democrats.[3] He was a member of the Budget Committee and in 2002–2004 also the Foreign Committee. He remained in the Chamber of Deputies until December 2005, when he resigned mandate.[4] In 2004–2005, he worked as an economic advisor to the Prime Minister[1] and subsequently became a member of the Cabinet directly. In November 2005 he was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture in the Paroubek's government. At the post he remained until the end of the term of government, until August 2006.[5]

In the Czech Social Democratic Party he is active as Chairman of the party's Economic Policy Committee. He hold the post of party's shadow finance minister. [2][6]

Bibliography (selection)

  • Mládek, J. (1987): Shortage – the Barrier of Modeling Consumption in Centrally Planned Economy. Ekonomicko-matematický obzor 23, ISSN 0013-3027, nr. 2, pages 156 - 170
  • Mládek, J. (1989): Selected Problems of Modeling Consumption in a CPE: the Case of Czechoslovakia 1955–1986. Jahrbuch der Wirtschaft Osteuropas 13, nr. 2, Munich, pages 195 - 205
  • Mládek, J. (1993): The Different Paths of Privatization (Czechoslovakia 1990 - ?) in: Earle, J.; Frydman, R.; Rapacyznski, A. (eds.): Privatization in the Transition to a Market Economy; Pinter Publishers, London, United Kingdom, 1993, pages 121 - 146
  • Hashi I., Mládek, J. (1993): Voucher Privatization, Investment Funds and Corporate Governance in Czechoslovakia, British Review of Economic Issues 15, nr. 37, October 1993, pages 67 – 96
  • Mládek, J. (1994): Voucher Privatization in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in: Mass Privatization – An Initial Assessment, OECD, Paris, 1994
  • Mládek, J. (1994): Czech Privatization Process: Time for Corporate Governance, Forschungsbericht 9410, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Germany, 18 pages
  • Dlouhý, V., Mládek, J. (1994): Privatization and Corporate Control in the Czech Republic, Economic Policy, Lundy, December 1994, pages 155 - 170
  • Mládek, J. (1997): Is Czech Voucher Privatization a Success? Transitions, pages 92 – 95
  • Mejstřík, M., Mládek, J. (1997): The Privatization Process in East-Central Europe – Evolutionary Process. Kluwer Academic Publishers, USA
  • Hashi, I., Mládek, J. (2000): Fiscal and Regulatory Impediments to the Entry of New Firms in Five TR, Journal of East-West Business, Haworth Press, Binghamton NY, USA, pages 59 – 94

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ing. Jan Mládek, CSc." (in czech). vlada.cz. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Politický životopis" (in czech). mladek.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
  3. ↑ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 14. - 15.6.2002" (in česky). volby.cz. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
  4. ↑ "Jan Mládek" (in česky). Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
  5. ↑ "Jiří Paroubek's cabinet" (in česky). vlada.cz. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
  6. ↑ "Strukturovaný životopis (CV)" (in česky). mladek.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
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