Jan Fischer (politician)

Jan Fischer
Fischer in 2010
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office
9 April 2009 – 13 July 2010
PresidentVáclav Klaus
Preceded byMirek Topolánek
Succeeded byPetr Nečas
Minister of Finance
In office
10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014
Prime MinisterJiří Rusnok
Preceded byMiroslav Kalousek
Succeeded byAndrej Babiš
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office
10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014
Prime MinisterJiří Rusnok
Preceded byKarel Schwarzenberg
Succeeded byAndrej Babiš
President of the Statistical Office
In office
24 April 2003 – 27 July 2010
Preceded byMarie Bohatá
Succeeded byIva Ritschelová
Personal details
Born (1951-01-02) 2 January 1951 (age 73)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyCommunist Party (1980–1989)
Independent (1989–present)
SpouseDana Fischerová
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Economics

Jan Fischer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈfɪʃɛr]; born 2 January 1951) is a Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from April 2009 to July 2010, heading a caretaker government. Later he was the minister of Finance from July 2013 to January 2014 in another interim government of Jiří Rusnok.[1]

A lifelong statistician, he served as president of the Czech Statistical Office beginning in April 2003.[2]

In 2012, Fischer announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election. In the first round of the election, held in January 2013, he placed third with 16.35% of the vote (841,437 votes).[3] He did not qualify for the second round.

  1. ^ "Jan Fischer | prime minister of Czech Republic". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Jan Fischer – President of the CZSO".
  3. ^ "Volba prezidenta republiky konaná ve dnech 11.01. – 12.01.2013" (in Czech). volby.cz. Retrieved 13 January 2013.