Martin Bursík Explained

Martin Bursík
Office:Deputy Prime Minister of Czech Republic
Term Start:9 January 2007
Term End:8 May 2009
Primeminister:Mirek Topolánek
Term Start1:9 January 2007
Term End1:8 May 2009
Primeminister1:Mirek Topolánek
Predecessor1:Petr Kalaš
Successor1:Ladislav Miko
Term Start2:27 February 1998
Term End2:22 July 1998
Primeminister2:Josef Tošovský
Predecessor2:Jiří Skalický
Successor2:Miloš Kužvart
Office3:Chairman of the Green Party
Term Start3:September 2005
Term End3:8 June 2009
Predecessor3:Jan Beránek
Successor3:Ondřej Liška
Birth Date:12 August 1959
Birth Place: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Spouse:Kateřina Jacques (since 2015)[1]
Alma Mater:Charles University
Party:Civic Forum (1989–1991)
Civic Movement (1991–1996)
KDU–ČSL (1999–2003)
Green Party (2004–2013)
Liberal-Environmental Party (2013–present)

Martin Bursík (born 12 August 1959) is a Czech politician. Bursík has twice served as Minister of the Environment and is also former chairman of the Green Party.

Early life and education

In the 1980s, Bursík studied environmental engineering at the Charles University. In June 1989, he joined the dissident movement and signed the declaration of the anti-communist movement. During the Velvet Revolution in November 1989, he was one of the founders of the Civic Forum.

The Civic Movement, which emerged from the Civic Forum and would later become the Party for the Open Society, nominated him as vice-chairman and he was elected into parliament. After the breakup of the Civic Movement, Bursík switched to the Free Democrats. He served as the Minister of the Environment under Josef Tošovský for a few months in 1998.

Bursík unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Prague and joined the Christian Democrats but left this party in 2003.

He joined the Green Party in June 2004 and was elected party chairman. After 2006 parliament election he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies and was also appointed Minister of the Environment in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek.

His priority as Minister of the Environment was climate change.

As of 2014 he is a professor at New York University in Prague.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bursík a Jacques se vzali. Ano si řekli na pražském Petříně. 20 June 2015.