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Jan Kalvoda

Jan Kalvoda

Czech lawyer and politician

Jan Kalvoda (born 30 October 1953) is a Czech lawyer and politician. He led the Civic Democratic Alliance and served as deputy prime minister and justice minister in the 1990s.

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Early life

Kalvoda was born in 1953.[1]

Career

Kalvoda is a lawyer by training.[citation needed] He was the chairman of the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) from 1992 to 1997.[2][3] He resigned from office 17 December 1996, and Michael Žantovský became the ODA leader.[4][5]

He served as deputy prime minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Václav Klaus from 2 July 1992 to 7 January 1997.[6][7] He was in charge of the civil service and legislation.[8] He was also justice minister in the cabinet from 1992 to 1996.[citation needed] He resigned from all of his posts in addition to his seat at the parliament on 16 December 1996.[5] The reason for his resignation was that he lied about holding a PhD in law.[5][9] Kalvoda admitted it.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Brokl, Lubomir; Zdenka Mansfeldová (December 1994). "Czech Republic". European Journal of Political Research. 26 (3–4): 269–277. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1994.tb00446.x.
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    "Klaus praises Czechoslovakia's split 20 years ago". Prague Daily Monitor. Prague. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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    "Deputy Prime Minister on Territorial Division". Data Synthesis. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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    Rick Fawn (2000). The Czech Republic: A Nation of Velvet. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic. p. 68. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.[ISBN missing]
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    Ian Jeffries (2001). Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to the Economies in Transition. London: Routledge. p. 161. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.[ISBN missing]
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    Jiri Pehe. "Czech Parties' Views of the EU and NATO". OMRI. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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    "Czech ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  8. [8]
    Vesselin Dimitrov; Klaus H. Goetz; Hellmut Wollmann (2006). Governing After Communism: Institutions and Policymaking. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7425-4009-5. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  9. [9]
    Raymond Whitaker (22 December 1996). "Flat Earth". The Independent. London. p. 11.[dead link]
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