Mirek Topolánek
| Mirek Topolánek | |
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| 7th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 4 September 2006 – 8 May 2009 |
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| President | Václav Klaus |
| Deputy |
Martin Bursík Vlasta Parkanová Petr Nečas Alexandr Vondra |
| Preceded by | Jiří Paroubek |
| Succeeded by | Jan Fischer |
| Leader of the Civic Democratic Party | |
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In office 14 December 2002 – 13 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Václav Klaus |
| Succeeded by | Petr Nečas |
| Deputy Speaker of the Senate | |
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In office 4 December 2002 – 13 April 2004 |
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| Senator from Ostrava | |
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In office 23 November 1996 – 21 November 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Liana Janáčková |
| Member of Parliament for Prague | |
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In office 3 June 2006 – 15 September 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
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15 May 1956 Vsetín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
ODS (1994–2015) Independent (2015–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Pavla Topolánková Lucie Talmanová |
| Children | Petra Jana Tomáš Nicolas |
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Mirek Topolánek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪrɛk ˈtopolaːnɛk]) (born 15 May 1956) is a Czech politician and business manager who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009. He was Leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) from November 2002 to April 2010. From 2006 to 2009, Topolánek was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Prague and from 1996 to 2004 Senator from Ostrava. Currently, Topolánek works in the electronics industry.
On 24 March 2009, Topolánek announced his resignation as Prime Minister and that of his governing coalition, after it lost a no-confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies. He remained in office until 8 May, at which point Jan Fischer took office as an independent Prime Minister leading an interim caretaker government.
Mirek Topolánek attended a military high school in Opava, where he became a Socialistic Union of Youth member which he claimed to be semi-obligatory for future career officers of the Czechoslovak People's Army. After finishing he studied at Brno University of Technology where he received an Ing. degree in mechanical engineering. In 1996 he won a scholarship for Training Course in Management of small and medium enterprise (MIM) in Cyprus and also attended a post-graduate Course in Corporate Management (Centre for Management Training, Čelákovice CZ).
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