Jan Urban (journalist)

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Jan Urban
Born	(1951-03-27) 27 March 1951 (age 73) Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Education	Charles University
Occupations	Journalist lecturer politician
Political party	Civic Forum (1989–1990)

Jan Urban (born 27 March 1951) is a Czech journalist, lecturer and former politician. He is known for leading the Civic Forum movement to victory in the 1990 Czechoslovak parliamentary election, the first free elections in Czechoslovakia in 44 years.^[1]