Jan Fischer (politician)
Jan Fischer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈfɪʃɛr]; born 2 January 1951) is a Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from April 2009 to July 2010, heading a caretaker government. Later he was the minister of Finance from July 2013 to January 2014 in another interim government of Jiří Rusnok.
Jan Fischer | |
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Fischer in 2010 | |
| Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
| In office 9 April 2009 – 13 July 2010 | |
| President | Václav Klaus |
| Preceded by | Mirek Topolánek |
| Succeeded by | Petr Nečas |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jiří Rusnok |
| Preceded by | Miroslav Kalousek |
| Succeeded by | Andrej Babiš |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
| In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jiří Rusnok |
| Preceded by | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Succeeded by | Andrej Babiš |
| President of the Statistical Office | |
| In office 24 April 2003 – 27 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Marie Bohatá |
| Succeeded by | Iva Ritschelová |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1951 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party | Communist Party (1980–1989) Independent (1989–present) |
| Spouse | Dana Fischerová |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Economics |
A lifelong statistician, he served as president of the Czech Statistical Office beginning in April 2003.
In 2012, Fischer announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election. In the first round of the election, held in January 2013, he placed third with 16.35% of the vote (841,437 votes). He did not qualify for the second round.
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