Jan Koukal | |
---|---|
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 | Brno,Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 29 July 1951
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 as an ambassador of the Czech Republic in Austria.
Zdeněk Moravec is a Czech astronomer and astrophysicist.
Jan Kavan is a former Czech politician and diplomat.
Jan Kubiš was a Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid. During the assassination attempt, Kubiš threw a makeshift grenade that mortally wounded Heydrich.
Jan Saudek is an art photographer and painter.
Cyril Svoboda is a Czech politician, who was leader of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) in 2001–2003 and 2009–2010, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1998–2010. During his political career he held several ministerial positions, including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He founded the Diplomatic Academy in Prague in 2011 and is currently lecturing at several universities in Prague.
Hořovice is a town in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,800 inhabitants. The town is known for the Hořovice Castle.
Jan Kasl is a Czech architect and former politician who served as the Mayor of the City of Prague from 1998 to 2002, and who led the European Democrats from 2002 to 2006.
Petr Koukal is a Czech professional badminton player.
Erich Brabec is a Czech football manager and former player. Since March 2023 Brabec is chair of the Czech Women's Football section FAČR.
The Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award is a civil decoration given annually to honor individuals who have dedicated their lives to public service. It was established in 2000 by the Prague Society for International Cooperation and the Global Panel Foundation. It is named in honor of the Prague Society's President Marc S. Ellenbogen's mother who grew up in war torn Europe. The award comes with a 150,000 crown cash prize, which the award recipient passes on to a young person or institution in the public realm. For instance when the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra won the award in 2000, the cash prize was given to Lukas Vondracek, an aspiring musician at the time, who is now recognized worldwide.
Jiří (Jirka) Matoušek was a Czech mathematician working in computational geometry and algebraic topology. He was a professor at Charles University in Prague and the author of several textbooks and research monographs.
Jan Koukal is a professional squash player who represented Czech Republic.
The Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences is a scientific institute headquartered at the Ondřejov Observatory, roughly 35 km southeast of Prague, Czech Republic.
Zdeněk Koukal is a Czech football player currently playing for FC Viktoria Plzeň.
Petr Koukal is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HK Hradec Kralove in the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Czech Republic National men's ice hockey team.
The Randy Blythe manslaughter case was a court case in the Czech Republic, stemming from a 2010 Lamb of God concert in Prague, wherein 19-year-old fan Daniel Nosek sustained head injuries leading to a coma and death. During the investigation, Czech police unsuccessfully asked United States authorities for cooperation. When the band returned to the Czech Republic for another concert two years later, its vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested, charged with causing Nosek's death, and remanded in custody for five weeks.
Jan Tauc was a Czech-American physicist who introduced the concepts of Tauc gap and Tauc plot to the optical characterization of solids. Born in Bohemia, he emigrated to the United States in 1969, where he received citizenship in 1978, and worked for the rest of his life.
Jan Mládek is a Czech economist and Social Democratic politician who served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2014 to 2017. Between 2005 and 2006 Mládek also was Minister of Agriculture in Paroubek's cabinet. He also served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
The 1998 Prague municipal election was held as part of 1998 Czech municipal elections. Civic Democratic Party has received highest number of votes and formed coalition with Czech Social Democratic Party. Jan Kasl became mayor of Prague.
The 1994 Prague municipal election was held as part of 1994 Czech municipal elections. It was the first that Prague consisted only one electoral district.