Jan Fischer | |
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| Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
| In office 9 April 2009 – 13 July 2010 | |
| President | Václav Klaus |
| Preceded by | Mirek Topolánek |
| Succeeded by | Petr Nečas |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jiří Rusnok |
| Preceded by | Miroslav Kalousek |
| Succeeded by | Andrej Babiš |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
| In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jiří Rusnok |
| Preceded by | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Succeeded by | Andrej Babiš |
| President of the Statistical Office | |
| In office 24 April 2003 – 27 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Marie Bohatá |
| Succeeded by | Iva Ritschelová |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1951 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party | Communist Party (1980–1989) Independent (1989–present) |
| Spouse | Dana Fischerová |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University 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.
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- ^ "Jan Fischer – President of the CZSO".
- ^ "Volba prezidenta republiky konaná ve dnech 11.01. – 12.01.2013" (in Czech). volby.cz. Retrieved 13 January 2013.