Jiří Čunek
| Jiří Čunek | |
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| Minister for Regional Development | |
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In office 9 January 2007 – 13 November 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
| Preceded by | Petr Gandalovič |
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In office 2 April 2008 – 23 January 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
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| Succeeded by | Cyril Svoboda |
| Senator from Vsetín | |
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Assumed office 28 October 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Jaroslav Kubín |
| Governor of Zlín Region | |
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Assumed office 2 November 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Stanislav Mišák |
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February 22, 1959 Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party | KDU-ČSL |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jiří Čunek (born February 22, 1959) is a Czech politician who was the Leader of the Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party from December 2006 to May 2009. Čunek was also Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Regional Development in Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet until January 23, 2009. Since 2006, Čuněk has been Senator from Vsetín and since November 2, 2016 he has been the Governor of Zlín Region.
Čunek was born in Gottwaldov (now Zlín), and after studying at a technical college, he worked as a car technician for a construction company in Zlín and as a safety technician in Zbrojovka Vsetín from 1982 to 1998. In 1990, Čunek became a member of KDU-ČSL. He was elected to the municipal council of Vsetín in 1994 and became mayor of the town in 1998. Since 2000, Čunek has been a member of the council of the Zlín Region. According to media reports, he was a very successful and popular mayor. In 2006 Čunek, was elected to the Senate of the Czech Republic by a large margin of 71.3%.
Čunek became famous across the country when the media published a report on how he dealt with the Romani slum in Vsetín. The Romani lived in the center of the city in a dilapidated building and as they did not pay the rent, Čunek forced them to move to the outskirts of Vsetín. Three families were moved into villages in the distant Jeseník District, where they bought houses, and the rest of families were moved into newly built flats near Vsetín. The media and several activists attempted to portray Čunek as a racist and supporter of the ghettoization of the Romani, and several leaders of the KDU-ČSL suggested Čunek to step down his positions.
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