Jiří Paroubek
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| 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 25 April 2005 – 4 September 2006 |
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| President | Václav Klaus |
| Preceded by | Stanislav Gross |
| Succeeded by | Mirek Topolánek |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
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In office 13 May 2006 – 7 June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Bohuslav Sobotka (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Bohuslav Sobotka |
| Minister for Regional Development | |
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In office 4 August 2004 – 25 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Pavel Němec |
| Succeeded by | Radko Martínek |
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Member of Parliament for Ústí nad Labem Region |
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In office 3 June 2006 – 28 August 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
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21 August 1952 Olomouc, Czechoslovakia |
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ČSS (1970–1986) ČSSD (1989–2011) National Socialists – 21st Century Left (2011-2016) Independent (since 2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Zuzana Paroubková (1979–2007) Petra Paroubková (since 2007) |
| Children | Jiří Margarita |
| Residence | Prague |
| Alma mater | University of Economics, Prague |
| Religion | Hussite |
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| Website | www |
Jiří Paroubek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈparoʊ̯bɛk]; born 21 August 1952) is a Czech politician, who served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 25 April 2005 to 16 August 2006. He was also Leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) since 2006, but resigned from his position immediately after the result of the 2010 legislative election was announced on 29 May 2010. Although the Social Democrats became the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies after the election, Paroubek was not able to form a governing coalition.
Paroubek was born in Olomouc and attended Jan Neruda Grammar School. He entered politics in 1970 at the age of 18. That year he joined the Czechoslovak Socialist Party, a member party of the Czechoslovak National Front. He reached the lower levels of the party leadership before leaving the party in 1986.
He served his military service (one year) as an army food services supervisor in the southern Bohemian city of Prachatice. After graduating in 1976, Paroubek worked as a manager for several state companies including restaurants and canteens (Restaurace a jídelny ()).
In 1979, as an executive committee member of one of the puppet party of the communist regime - Czechoslovak Socialist Party, he attracted the attention of the communist state secret police (StB). He meet agents three times on conspiratorial meetings during which he allegedly expressed loyalty to the communist government and disagreement with opposition groups such as Charter 77. He was assigned the cover name Roko (after Paroubek's pet parakeet), but he never really signed cooperation agreement with the secret police and after 1982 the cooperation ceased, since he "did not have enough potential and contacts".
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