Jan Koukal Explained

Jan Koukal
Office:Mayor of Prague
Term Start:13 May 1993
Predecessor:Milan Kondr
Term End:26 November 1998
Successor:Jan Kasl
Office2:Member of the Prague City Assembly
Term Start2:24 November 1990
Term End2:14 November 2002
Office3:Senator from Prague 6
Term Start3:16 November 1996
Term End3:16 November 1998
Predecessor3:Office established
Successor3:Jan Ruml
Ambassador From1:Czech Republic
Country1:Austria
Term Start1:28 November 2006
Term End1:December 2012
Predecessor1:Rudolf Jindrák
Successor1:Jan Sechter
President1:Václav Klaus
Birth Date:29 July 1951
Birth Place:Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Party:Civic Democratic Party (1991–2013/14)
Alma Mater:Charles University
Occupation:politician

Jan Koukal (born 29 July 1951 in Brno) is a Czech politician.

Biography

After studying theoretical physics at the Charles University in Prague (1969–74) Koukal worked at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, specialising on surface physics.

Jan Koukal has been a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). From 1993 to 1998 he was mayor of Prague and from 1996 to 1998 member of Senate of the Czech Republic. In 2006, after a few months of training at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was named as an ambassador of the Czech Republic in Austria.

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