Václav Jehlička Explained

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.

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