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Jan Koukal | |
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| Mayor of Prague | |
| In office 13 May 1993 –26 November 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Milan Kondr |
| Succeeded by | Jan Kasl |
| Czech Republic Ambassador to Austria | |
| In office 28 November 2006 –December 2012 | |
| President | Václav Klaus |
| Preceded by | Rudolf Jindrák |
| Succeeded by | Jan Sechter |
| Member of the Prague City Assembly | |
| In office 24 November 1990 –14 November 2002 | |
| Senator from Prague 6 | |
| In office 16 November 1996 –16 November 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Jan Ruml |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1951 Brno,Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party | Civic Democratic Party (1991–2013/14) |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Occupation | politician |
Jan Koukal (born 29 July 1951 in Brno) is a Czech politician.
After studying theoretical physics at the Charles University in Prague (1969–74) Koukal worked at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences,specialising on surface physics.
Jan Koukal has been a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). From 1993 to 1998 he was mayor of Prague and from 1996 to 1998 member of Senate of the Czech Republic. In 2006,after a few months of training at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,he was named ambassador of the Czech Republic in Austria.
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