Jan Stráský

Ján Stráský
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
In office 2 July 1992 – 31 December 1992
President	Václav Havel
Preceded by	Marián Čalfa
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1940-12-24)24 December 1940 Plzeň, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Died	6 November 2019(2019-11-06) (aged 78) Prague, Czech Republic
Political party	KSČ (1964–1969) ODS (1991–1998) US–DEU (1998–2001)

Jan Stráský (24 December 1940 – 6 November 2019) was a Czech politician. He served as the last prime minister of Czechoslovakia in 1992.

Biography

Stráský studied philosophy and political economy at the Charles University in Prague.[1] From 1958 to 1990 he worked at the Central bank of Czechoslovakia. From 1964 to 1969 he was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

In 1991 Stráský became a member of the Civic Democratic Party. From 1992 he was a member of parliament, minister of transportation (1993–1995), and minister of health (1995–1996). From 2 July to 31 December 1992 he served as prime minister. When Czechoslovak President Václav Havel resigned on 20 July 1992 due to his disagreement with the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Stráský also took on some presidential duties until the country was formally dissolved at the end of 1992.[1]

From 2001 to 2006 Stráský was the regional head of government in the South Bohemian Region, at which point he left politics. From 2011 to 2012, he was the director of Šumava National Park.[2]

He died on 6 November 2019, aged 78.[3]

See also

• History of Czechoslovakia
• List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia

References

1. "Jan Stráský" (in Czech). Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
2. "Ropákem roku je ředitel Šumavy Stráský, i kvůli diskreditaci poslání parku". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 27 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
3. "Zemřel Jan Stráský". novinky.cz (in Czech). 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

Government offices
Preceded by Marián Čalfa	Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1992	Succeeded by (none)
Preceded by (none)	Minister of Transportation of the Czech Republic 1992–1995	Succeeded by Vladimír Budínský
Preceded by Luděk Rubáš	Minister of Health of the Czech Republic 1995–1998	Succeeded by Zuzana Roithová