Dagmar Burešová
Dagmar Burešová (19 October 1929 – 30 June 2018) was a Czech lawyer and politician. She specialised in labour law. She was known for her defence of Libuše Palachová, the mother of Jan Palach, a young man that self immolated to protest the Soviet absorption of his country, a drama featured in the 2013 miniseries Burning Bush. As a politician, Burešová served as the first Minister of Justice of Czechoslovakia, after the Velvet Revolution. She was the chair of the Czech National Council from 1990 to 1992.
Dagmar Burešová | |
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Dagmar Burešová in 1991 | |
| Minister of Justice of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Marián Čalfa |
| Chairman of the Czech National Council | |
| In office 1990–1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Marián Čalfa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1929 Prague, First Czechoslovak Republic |
| Died | 30 June 2018 (aged 88) Prague, Czech Republic |
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