Tomáš Ježek (economist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tomáš Ježek (economist)

Czech minister without portfolio of the CR, member of Czech Parliament (1992-1996), member of Czech National Council, economist and university educator

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1940

Place of Birth: Plzeň, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 29-Nov-2017

Profession: politician, economist, pedagogue

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Tomáš Ježek (economist)

  • Tomáš Ježek (15 March 1940 – 29 November 2017) was a Czech economist and politician who served on the Czech National Council from 1990 to 1992.
  • Concurrently, he was also minister responsible for privatization under Petr Pithart.
  • Between 1993 and 1996, Ježek was a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
  • Ježek was born in Plzen on 15 March 1940.
  • His father, a teacher, was killed by the Gestapo when Ježek was five years old.
  • Ježek later graduated from the Prague School of Economics.
  • Václav Klaus, Dušan Tríska, and Ježek became known for their strong support of privatization.
  • In 1989, Ježek helped establish the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA).
  • He won election to the Czech National Council in 1990, representing the Civic Forum.
  • Also that year, Ježek was named a minister without portfolio by Petr Pithart, a position from which he continued to back privatization.
  • Reelected to the National Council's successive legislative body in 1992 under the ODA banner, Ježek defected to the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) in 1995.
  • He left the Chamber of Deputies upon the end of his term in 1996 and returned to teach at his alma mater.
  • Ježek withdrew from the ODA in 1997, and subsequently ran for Senate twice.
  • He died at the age of 77 on 29 November 2017.

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