Jan Stráský

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Jan Stráský
23rd Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
In office 2 July 1992 – 31 December 1992
Preceded by	Marián Čalfa
Succeeded by	office abolished
Born	December 24, 1940 (1940-12-24) (age 67) Pilsen, Czechoslovakia

Jan Stráský (born 24 December 1940 in Plzeň) is a Czech politician.

Stráský studied philosophy and political economy at the Charles University in Prague. During the 1960s-'80s he worked at the Central bank of Czechoslovakia.

In 1991 Stráský became member of the Civic Democratic Party, since 1992 he was member of parliament, minister of transportation (1993-95), and minister of health (1995-96). From 2 July - 31 December 1992 he served as prime minister as well as acting president of Czechoslovakia (before it was dissolved). Later he left politics and as of 2005 works in the civil service.

[edit] See also

• History of Czechoslovakia
• List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia

Government offices
Preceded by Marián Čalfa	Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1992	Succeeded by (none)
Preceded by Luděk Rubáš	Minister of Health of the Czech Republic 1995–1998	Succeeded by Zuzana Roithová

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia First Republic Karel Kramář · Vlastimil Tusar · Jan Černý (1920–21; 1926) · Edvard Beneš · Antonín Švehla (1922–26; 1926-29) · František Udržal · Jan Malypetr · Milan Hodža · Jan Syrový Second Republic Jan Syrový · Rudolf Beran Government in exile Jan Šrámek · Zdeněk Fierlinger Transition to Communism Zdeněk Fierlinger · Klement Gottwald Communist era Klement Gottwald · Antonín Zápotocký · Viliam Široký · Jozef Lenárt · Oldřich Černík · Lubomír Štrougal · Ladislav Adamec after the Velvet Revolution Marián Čalfa (1989–92) · Jan Stráský (1992)

v • d • e Ministers of Health of the Czech Republic Lom · Rubáš · Stráský · Roithová · David · Fišer · Součková · Kubinyi · Emmerová · Rath · Julínek

v • d • e Ministers of Transport of the Czech Republic Stráský · Budínský · Říman · Moos · Peltrám · Schling · Šimonovský · Řebíček