Miloš Pojar

Miloš Pojar (1940 – 23 January 2012) was a Czech (and Czechoslovak prior to 1993) historian, writer and diplomat. Pojar oversaw the establishment of diplomatic relations between the former Czechoslovakia and Israel following the Velvet Revolution. He became the first Czech ambassador to Israel following the revolution. His son, Tomáš Pojar, currently serves as the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel, as of February 2012.

His last book, completed shortly before his death, explored the relationship between Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and the Jewish people.

Pojar died at a hospital in Prague on 23 January 2012 at the age of 71.