Mirek Topolánek
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| Assumed office August 16, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Jiří Paroubek |
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| Born | May 15, 1956 Vsetín |
| Political party | Civic Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Pavla Topolánková |
Mirek Topolánek (born May 15, 1956 in Vsetín, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is current prime minister of Czech Republic, from Civic Democratic Party. He has been chairman of the right-wing neoliberalist Civic Democratic Party since November 2002, succeeding Václav Klaus, the current President of the Czech Republic.
[edit] Biography
Mirek Topolánek holds an Engineering degree. He became member of Civic Forum in 1989, and has been member of the Civic Democratic Party since 1994. Topolánek co-founded VAE Ltd. in 1991 and was member of VAE Inc. direction from 1996 to 2003.
Topolánek was a member of the Senate from 1996 to 2004 and its deputy chairman from 2002 to 2004. Since June 2006 he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was appointed prime minister by Václav Klaus on August 16, 2006 and introduced a unicoulour government (9 members of the Civic Democratic Party and 6 independents). This government (Topolánek I) failed to gain confidence in the Chamber of Deputies, but he continued to be caretaker Prime minister until January 9, 2007, when his second cabinet (Topolánek II) was appointed. He put together a center-right coalition government with the Green Party and Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party. It finally gained confidence on January 19, 2007 (230 days after the elections), thanks to two social democratic deputies who abstained, thus effectively choosing a right-wing government rather than the unstable situation ongoing since the June 2006 elections. For more details see Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet.
On February 2, 2007, he attracted attention to his behaviour when he gave the finger [1]in front of the plenum of Chamber of Deputies, which he later explained as friendly gesture aimed at minister Mirek Kalousek. [2]
Legally, his wife is Pavla Topolánková, but they have been separated since December 2006[3] and Topolánek is now temporarily living with his mistress, deputy Lucie Talmanová. Some tabloid journals have reported that they are expecting a baby, which Talmanová has allegedly admitted to respected news sources, but she refused to name the father.[4]
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- ^ (Czech) http://www.blesk.cz/Clanek69122.htm
- ^ (Czech) http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/sluzby/index_view.php?id=235638
- ^ (Czech) http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/topolanek-priznal--ze-bydli-s-talmanovou_105768_okktc.html
- ^ (Czech) http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/talmanova-potvrdila-sve-tehotenstvi_105834_nf6fa.html
| Preceded by Jiří Paroubek |
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 2006–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic |  |
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| Czech Socialist Republic / Czech Republic (as part of Czechoslovakia): Stanislav Rázl (1969) • Josef Kempný (1969-1970) • Josef Korčák (1970-1987) • Ladislav Adamec (1987-1988) • František Pitra (1988-1990) • Petr Pithart (1990-1992) • Václav Klaus (1992) Czech Republic: Václav Klaus (1993-1997) • Josef Tošovský (1997-1998) • Miloš Zeman (1998-2002) • Vladimír Špidla (2002-2004) • Stanislav Gross (2004-2005) • Jiří Paroubek (2005-2006) • Mirek Topolánek (2006-present) |
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