Jan Fischer (politician)
| Jan Fischer | |
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| 8th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 8 May 2009 – 13 July 2010 |
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| President | Václav Klaus |
| Preceded by | Mirek Topolánek |
| Succeeded by | Petr Nečas |
| 11th Finance Minister of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Jiří Rusnok |
| Preceded by | Miroslav Kalousek |
| Succeeded by | Andrej Babiš |
| President of the European Council | |
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In office 8 May 2009 – 30 June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Mirek Topolánek |
| Succeeded by | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| President of the Statistical Office | |
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In office 24 April 2003 – 27 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Marie Bohatá |
| Succeeded by | Iva Ritschelová |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 January 1951 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
Communist Party (1980-1989) Independent (1989–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Dana Fischerová |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Economics |
| Religion | Judaism |
Jan Fischer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈfɪʃɛr]; born 2 January 1951) is a Czech politician who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from May 2009 to June 2010, heading a caretaker government. Later he was Minister of Finance from July 2013 to January 2014.
A lifelong statistician, he served as president of the Czech Statistical Office beginning in April 2003.
In 2012, Fischer announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election. In the first round of the election, held in January 2013, he placed third with 16.35% of the vote (841,437 votes). He did not qualify for the second round.
Jan Fischer was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. His father was a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences specialising in mathematical and statistical applications in genetics, selective growing and medicine. His mother was also a statistician. His father, a Holocaust survivor, was Jewish, and his mother was Catholic. Raised in an interfaith household, Fischer identifies with Judaism.
Fischer graduated from the University of Economics, Prague in 1974 in statistics and econometrics. He completed postgraduate studies there in 1985, earning his Candidate of Sciences degree in economic statistics. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1980 till the collapse of the Communist regime in 1989.
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