Otakar Motejl

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Otakar Motejl (10 September 1932; Prague – 9 May 2010; Brno) was a Czech lawyer and politician.^[1] He served as the first ombudsman of the Czech Republic from 2000 until his death in 2010. In 1998–2000 he served as the Minister of Justice.

Life

Motejl graduated from the Law Faculty of the Charles University of Prague in 1955, and then worked as a lawyer in Banská Bystrica, Kladno, and Prague. Between 1966 to 1968, he worked at the Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice, then became a judge of the Supreme Court in 1968.

On 18 December 2000, he was selected as Ombudsman.^[2] Then in 2006, Motejl was elected into the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic for six years.^[3]

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Government offices
Preceded by Vlasta Parkanová	Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic 1998–2000	Succeeded by Jaroslav Bureš

v t e Ministers of Justice of the Czech Republic

Novák Kalvoda Parkanová Motejl Bureš Rychetský Čermák Němec Pospíšil Kovářová Pospíšil Blažek Benešová Válková

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 13498159 LCCN: no00078111 ISNI: 0000 0000 5546 1104 GND: 133364097 NKC: jn20000728436

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Name	Motejl
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Date of birth	10 September 1932
Place of birth
Date of death	9 May 2010
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