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Topics: Politics Tags: Vaclav Klaus View |
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V�clav Klaus (IPA-cs?va?tslaf ?klaus; born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic (since 2003, reelected 2008) and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1992-1997). An economist by trade, he is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, the major Czech right-wing party. Klaus, a eurosceptic is in opposition to the Lisbon treaty, which at one point needed his signature to come into force. He was once known as "the Margaret Thatcher of Central Europe".
Date of birth: 1941-06-19
Birth Location: Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany, Germany (now Czech Republic)
Party: Civic Democratic Party
Spouse: Livia Mi?tinov� (Livia Klausov�)
Children: 2 sons
Alma Mater: University of Economics, Prague
Profession: Economist
Religion: Atheist, supporter off the Czechoslovak Hussite Church
Website: www.klaus.cz/
President of the Czech Republic
In office: 7 March 2003
Predceded by: V�clav Havel
Primeminister: Vladim�r ?pidla,Stanislav Gross,Ji?� Paroubek,Mirek Topol�nek,Jan Fischer (Jan Fischer (politician))
Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
In office: 17 July 1998-20 June 2002
Predceded by: Milo? Zeman
Succeeded by: Lubom�r Zaor�lek
Primeminister: Milo? Zeman
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office: 1 January 1993-17 December 1997
Predceded by: Office created
Succeeded by: Josef To?ovsk�
President: V�clav Havel
In office: 2 July 1992-31 December 1992
Predceded by: Petr Pithart
Succeeded by: Office abolished
President: V�clav Havel
Minister of Finance of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
In office: 10 December 1989-2 July 1992
Predceded by: Jan Stejskal (Jan Stejskal (politician))
Succeeded by: Jan Klak
Primeminister: Mari�n ?alfa