About Jan Stráský
Lived 1940 – 2019 (aged 78). Jan Stráský was a Czech politician, banker, economist, head of government, writer and philosopher.
Jan Stráský (24 December 1940 – 6 November 2019) was a Czech politician. He served as the last prime minister of Czechoslovakia in 1992.
Biography Stráský studied philosophy and political economy at the Charles University in Prague. From 1958 to 1990 he worked at the Central bank of Czechoslovakia. From 1964 to 1969 he was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
In 1991 Stráský became a member of the Civic Democratic Party. From 1992 he was a member of parliament, minister of transportation (1993–1995), and minister of health (1995–1996). From 2 July to 31 December 1992 he served as prime minister. When Czechoslovak President Václav Havel resigned on 20 July 1992 due to his disagreement with the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Stráský also took on some presidential duties until the country was formally dissolved at the end of 1992.
He died on 6 November 2019, aged 78.
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Czech politician (1940–2019)
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Jan Stráský was born on 24 December 1940 in Plzeň, Prague.
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Jan Stráský died on 6 November 2019 in Štěrboholy, Prague.
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Jan Stráský was a politician, banker, economist, head of government, writer and philosopher.
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Jan Stráský was Czech.
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