Václav Jehlička | |
Order: | Minister of Culture |
Term Start: | 26 January 2007 |
Term End: | 8 May 2009 |
Primeminister: | Mirek Topolánek |
Predecessor: | Helena Třeštíková |
Successor: | Václav Riedlbauch |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1948 |
Birth Place: | Domažlice, Czechoslovakia |
Party: | KDU-ČSL |
Václav Jehlička (born on 24 March 1948 in Domažlice) is a Czech politician. In 1996 he was elected a member of the Senate and from January 2007 to May 2009 he was Minister of Culture.
He worked as a teacher until 1990. Then he served two full terms as Mayor of Telč from 1990 to 1998 and a half term from 2001 to 2002.
Jehlička is a graduate of the University of South Bohemia. He's married and has five children.