Livia Klausová Explained

Livia Klausová
Office:First Lady of the Czech Republic
Term Label:In role
Term Start:7 March 2003
Term End:7 March 2013
Predecessor:Dagmar Havlová
Successor:Ivana Zemanová
Office1:Czech Republic Ambassador to Slovakia
Term Start1:16 December 2013
Term End1:30 April 2018
Predecessor1:Jakub Karfík
Successor1:Tomáš Tuhý
Birth Date:10 November 1943
Birth Place:Bratislava, Slovak Republic (now Slovakia)
Occupation:Economist
Spouse:Václav Klaus (m. 1968)

Livia Klausová née Mištinová (born 10 November 1943) is a Slovak-born Czech economist who was the First Lady of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013 as wife of the President Václav Klaus. From 2013 to 2018 she served as the Czech Republic's ambassador to Slovakia.

An alumna of the University of Economics, Prague, she married fellow economist Václav Klaus in 1968. The couple have two sons, Václav (b. 1969) and Jan (b. 1974), and five grandchildren. Her father was Štefan Miština, who died in 1959.[1]

Member of Supervisory Boards

Company / organizationFieldStart dateFinish dateHighest position held
Česká spořitelna, a. s.Finance and insurance2003[2]
ČEZ, a.s.Energy
ZVVZ MilevskoManufacturing2003

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Petr Zídek. Klausův tchán pracoval u tajné policie fašistického Slovenska. Lidovky.cz . 2 September 2013 . 2 September 2013.
  2. Web site: interview: Livia Klausová . BBC Czech (London) . 11 March 2003 . Czech .