Václav Klaus
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| 2nd President of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 7 March 2003 – 7 March 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Vladimír Špidla Stanislav Gross Jiří Paroubek Mirek Topolánek Jan Fischer Petr Nečas |
| Preceded by | Václav Havel |
| Succeeded by | Miloš Zeman |
| 1st Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
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In office 1 January 1993 – 2 January 1998 |
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| President | Václav Havel |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Josef Tošovský |
| Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 17 July 1998 – 20 June 2002 |
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| President | Václav Havel |
| Preceded by | Miloš Zeman |
| Succeeded by | Lubomír Zaorálek |
| Leader of the Civic Democratic Party | |
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In office 21 April 1991 – 15 December 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mirek Topolánek |
| 2nd Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Federal part) | |
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In office 2 July 1992 – 1 January 1993 |
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| President | Václav Havel |
| Preceded by | Petr Pithart |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Prague | |
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In office 7 June 1990 – 7 March 2003 |
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| Minister of Finance of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 10 December 1989 – 2 July 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Marián Čalfa |
| Preceded by | Jan Stejskal |
| Succeeded by | Jan Klak |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 June 1941 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
OF (1989–1990) ODS (1990–2009) Independent (2009–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Livia Mištinová (1968–present) |
| Children |
Václav Jan |
| Alma mater | University of Economics, Prague |
| Religion | Hussite |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website |
Václav Klaus (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈklaus]; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. He also served as the second and last Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, federal subject of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, from July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, and as the first Prime Minister of an independent Czech Republic from 1993 to 1998.
Klaus was the principal co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, a Czech Eurosceptic political party. His presidency was marked by numerous controversies over his strong views on a number of issues, from global warming denial to euroscepticism, and a wide-ranging amnesty declared in his last months of office, triggering his indictment by the Czech Senate on charges of high treason.
After his presidency ended in 2013, Klaus was named a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. His appointment was terminated in September 2014, due to his views on the Ukrainian crisis, his hostility to homosexuality, and support of European far right parties.
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