Jiří Rusnok
| Jiří Rusnok | |
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| 10th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014 |
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| President | Miloš Zeman |
| Deputy |
Jan Fischer Martin Pecina |
| Preceded by | Petr Nečas |
| Succeeded by | Bohuslav Sobotka |
| Governor of the Czech National Bank | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2016 |
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| Vice Governor |
Mojmír Hampl Vladimír Tomšík |
| Preceded by | Miroslav Singer |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | |
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In office 15 July 2002 – 19 March 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Vladimír Špidla |
| Preceded by | Miroslav Grégr |
| Succeeded by | Milan Urban |
| Finance Minister of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 13 April 2001 – 15 July 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Miloš Zeman |
| Preceded by | Pavel Mertlík |
| Succeeded by | Bohuslav Sobotka |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 October 1960 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
Social Democratic Party (Before 2010) Independent (2010–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Economics, Prague |
Jiří Rusnok (born 16 October 1960) is a Czech politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic between July 2013 and January 2014. Since 1 July 2016 Rusnok serves as Governor of the Czech National Bank.
Previously, he served in the government of the Czech Republic as Minister of Finance from 2001 to 2002 and as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2002 to 2003. On 25 June 2013, he was appointed as Prime Minister by President Miloš Zeman. Rusnok replaced Petr Nečas, who resigned over a corruption and spying affair.
On 25 May 2016, President Miloš Zeman appointed Rusnok as 4th Governor of the Czech National Bank, succeeding Miroslav Singer. Rusnok took office on 1 July 2016.
Rusnok was born in Ostrava-Vítkovice. He studied at the University of Economics in Prague, graduating in 1984. Later, he worked for Státní plánovací komise (State Planning Commission) and Federální ministerstvo pro strategické plánování (Federal Ministry for Strategic Planning). Before the so-called Velvet Revolution, he was a candidate for membership in the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
In the 1990s, he worked as director of a department of the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (1992–1998). He joined politics in 1998 as a member of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). Prime Minister Miloš Zeman appointed Rusnok to his cabinet as Finance Minister in June 2001. He continued as Minister of Industry and Trade in the cabinet of Vladimír Špidla; however, he resigned his post and parliamentary mandate and left politics in March 2003, after disagreements with Špidla. After that, he worked in the private sector.
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