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Václav Klaus ['va:ʦlaf 'klaʊs] (Praga, 19 de junio de 1941) fue presidente de la República Checa desde el 2003 hasta el 2013. Anteriormente, había sido primer ministro (1992-1997) y posteriormente presidente de la Cámara de Diputados. Pertenece al Partido Cívico Democrático.
Václav Klaus (* 19. června 1941 Praha) je český ekonom a politik, spoluzakladatel Občanské demokratické strany a mezi roky 1991 – 2002 její první předseda. V letech 1992 – 1998 působil jako předseda vlády svého prvního a druhého kabinetu.
- Early Life
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- Leader of The Opposition
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Klaus was born in Prague during the Nazi occupation, and grew up in the large, then middle-class neighbourhood of Vinohrady. Klaus has claimed that he helped build barricades during the Prague uprisingin May 1945, at the age of three. Klaus studied Economics of Foreign Trade at the University of Economics, Prague, graduating in 1963. He also spent ...
Klaus entered Czechoslovak politics during the Velvet Revolution in 1989, during the second week of the political uprising, when he offered his services as an economic advisor to the Civic Forum, whose aim was to unify the anti-government movements in Czechoslovakia and overthrow the Communist regime. Klaus became Czechoslovakia's Minister of Finan...
At a party congress in late 1997, Klaus was re-elected as chairman of ODS by 227 votes to 72 votes. The defeated faction subsequently left ODS, and in early 1998 established a new party, the Freedom Union (Czech: Unie svobody), with President Havel's support.[citation needed] ODS finished second in early elections in 1998, behind the Czech Social D...
Having lost two general elections in a row, Klaus announced his intention to step down from the leadership and run for president to succeed his political opponent Václav Havel. The governing coalition was unable to agree on a common candidate to oppose him.[citation needed] Klaus was elected President of the Czech Republic on 28 February 2003, in t...
After his presidency ended in 2013, Klaus was named a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. His fellowship was terminated in September 2014, due to his views on the Revolution of Dignity, his hostility to homosexuality, and support for European far-right parties. On 9 September 2014, in an interview with Czech radio station Radio Impul...
Economic activities
In 1995, while Prime Minister, Klaus was awarded the title of Professor of Finance by his alma mater, the University of Economics, Prague. Since then Klaus has occasionally given economics seminars at the university, focused on his free-market views. His defining feature as an economist since 1990 has been his enthusiasm for free market economics, as exemplified by Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman.According to Klaus, legislation and institutions cannot be created before economic transforma...
Climate change denial
Klaus denies that global warming is anthropogenic. He has described the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as "a group of politicized scientists with one-sided opinions and one-sided assignments", and has claimed that some other top-level politicians do not publicly express their doubts about global warming being anthropogenic because "a whip of political correctnessstrangles their voices". Addressing the Cato Institutein Washington in March 2007, Klaus expressed the view that "Environ...
Václav Klaus is married to Livia Klausová, a Slovak economist. They have two sons, Václav, also a politician, and Jan, an economist, and five grandchildren.
National
1. Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion(28 October 2019) 2. Former ex-officio Sovereign of the Order of the White Lion(7 March 2003–7 March 2013) 3. Former ex-officio Sovereign of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk(7 March 2003–7 March 2013)
Foreign
1. Austria: Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria(15 May 2009) 2. Germany: 1. 1.1. Saxony: Recipient of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony(17 May 2008) 1. Lithuania: Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Vytautas the Great(9 April 2009) 2. Poland: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle(10 July 2007) 3. Russia: Recipient of the Medal of Pushkin(27 December 2007) 4. Slovakia: First Class of the Order of the White Double Cross(6 March 2013) 5. Spain: C...
Honorary Doctoral Degrees, Universidad Francisco MarroquínBiography and selected speechesat the President's officeVáclav Klaus. (19/07/1941 - ) Político checo. Presidente de la República Checa del 2003 al 2013. Partido político: Partido Democrático Cívico. Cónyuge: Livia Klausová (m. 1968) Hijos: Václav Klaus, Jan Klaus. Václav Klaus nació el 19 de julio de 1941 en Praga, cuando aún era la capital de Checoslovaquia. Estudios.
29 de abr. de 2024 · Vaclav Klaus, Czech economist and politician who served as prime minister (1993–97) and president (2003–13) of the Czech Republic. Under his leadership the country transitioned to a free market and enjoyed substantial economic growth. Learn more about his life and career.
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Václav Klaus. © Comunidades Europeas (2009) Actualización: 10 marzo 2023. República Checa. Presidente de la República (2003-2013); primer ministro (1993-1997) Mandato: 7 marzo 2003 - 7 marzo 2013. Nacimiento: Praga, Bohemia, 19 junio 1941. Partido político: Partido Cívico Democrático (ODS) Profesión: Economista. Editado por: Roberto Ortiz de Zárate
Since March 1996 Václav Klaus has served as Vice-Chairman of the European Democratic Union (EDU) and in June 2002 was elected Vice-Chairman of the International Democrat Union (IDU). From December 1989 to July 2, 1992, Václav Klaus served as the first non-communist finance minister after more than forty years of communist rule.
