Jan Fischer (politician)
Jan Fischer | |
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First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Jiří Rusnok |
Preceded by | Karel Schwarzenberg |
Succeeded by | Andrej Babiš |
President of the Statistical Office | |
In office 24 April 2003 – 27 July 2010 | |
Preceded by | Marie Bohatá |
Succeeded by | Iva Ritschelová |
Personal details | |
Born | University of Economics | 2 January 1951
Jan Fischer (Czech pronunciation:
A lifelong statistician, he served as president of the Czech Statistical Office beginning in April 2003.[2]
In 2012, Fischer announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election. In the first round of the election, held in January 2013, he placed third with 16.35% of the vote (841,437 votes).[3] He did not qualify for the second round.
Biography
Personal life and education
Jan Fischer was born in
Fischer graduated from the
Jan Fischer is married for the second time to his former secretary and has 3 children. His eldest son Jakub (born 1978) is a professor of statistics and
Career
Immediately after graduation, Fischer joined the Federal Statistical Office. In 1990 he became its vice-chairman and held this position until the
He is a member of the Czech Statistical Society, the Scientific Council and Board of Trustees and a Scientific Board of the
Prime Minister
After the
He was a patron of the conference "Crimes of the Communist Regimes".[10]
Candidate for President
In February 2012, Jan Fischer announced his candidacy for the presidential election of January 2013. He was, according to polls, the favourite of the election, along with former Prime Minister Miloš Zeman. However, he lost in the first round to Zeman and the Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg.[11] Prior to the election, he was criticised for his former membership in the Communist Party.[12]
References
- ^ "Jan Fischer | prime minister of Czech Republic". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Jan Fischer – President of the CZSO".
- ^ "Volba prezidenta republiky konaná ve dnech 11.01. – 12.01.2013" (in Czech). volby.cz. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ Spritzer, Dinah (7 January 2013). "Czech 'Joe Lieberman' could be Europe's first Jewish president". Jewish Journal. Jerusalem Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Manžel tak nevypadá, ale je vtipný, říká žena nového premiéra". iDNES.cz. 15 April 2009.
- ^ "Synovi premiéra hrozí nebezpečí, policie hlídá i rodinu ministra vnitra". Novinky.cz.
- ^ "Bruegel – The Brussels-based think tank". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ "Outgoing cabinet and opposition agree on new PM". Aktuálně.cz. 6 April 2009.
- ^ "ODS a ČSSD se na vládě neshodly, rozsoudil je Fischer". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 6 April 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ Robert Schuman Foundation – International Conference "Crimes of the Communist Regimes"
- Mladá fronta DNES(in Czech). iDNES. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Vstup do KSČ byla chyba. Poučil jsem se, kaje se Fischer". Lidové noviny. lidovky.cz. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
External links
- (in Czech) Official CV at government website