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Vladimír Remek

1948 - Today

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Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) is a Czech politician and diplomat, as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, and with the entry of the Czech Republic and Slovakia into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union. Remek was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2013 for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimír Remek is the 8,624th most popular politician (up from 9,065th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 294th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Czech Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vladimír Remek ranks 8,624 out of 19,576. Before him are Maxwell D. Taylor, John II of Trebizond, Proclus of Constantinople, Salih Muslim, Christian Metz, and Ippolito II d'Este. After him are Paolo Boselli, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, René Moawad, Otto Braun, and Floris V, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Vladimír Remek ranks 195. Before him are László Lovász, Alberto Manguel, Delio Onnis, John Dew, Donna Karan, and Jaya Bachchan. After him are Lars Lagerbäck, Séverine, Baldwin Lonsdale, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Remo Girone, and Charles Simonyi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vladimír Remek ranks 278 out of 1,200. Before him are Karel Reisz (1926), Alois Eliáš (1890), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), and Josef Abrhám (1939). After him are Rudolf Serkin (1903), Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (1136), Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia (1100), Lubomír Štrougal (1924), František Brixi (1732), and Václav Vorlíček (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Vladimír Remek ranks 80. Before him are Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal (1854), Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia (1075), Jan Fischer (1951), Margrave Andrew of Burgau (1558), Beatrice of Luxembourg (1305), and Alois Eliáš (1890). After him are Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (1136), Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia (1100), Lubomír Štrougal (1924), Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia (1160), Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia (981), and Elisabeth of Bohemia (1358).

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