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Václav Klaus

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Václav Klaus (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈklaus]; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, he served as the second and last prime minister of the Czech Republic while it was a federal subject of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, and then as the first prime minister of the newly independent Czech Republic from 1993 to 1998. During the Communist era, Klaus worked as a bank clerk and forecaster. After the fall of Communism in November 1989, he became the Minister of Finance in the "government of national unity". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Václav Klaus is the 1,461st most popular politician (down from 735th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 31st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Czech Politician.

Václav Klaus is most famous for being the first president of the Czech Republic.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Václav Klaus ranks 1,461 out of 19,576. Before him are Dolores Ibárruri, Hassan Nasrallah, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Admetus, Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, and Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria. After him are Lambert of Italy, Ariq Böke, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Herennius Etruscus, and Publius Cornelius Scipio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Václav Klaus ranks 24. Before him are Krzysztof Kieślowski, Bruno Ganz, George Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Martha Argerich, and Harry Nilsson. After him are Faye Dunaway, M. Stanley Whittingham, Julia Kristeva, Fausto Cercignani, Dick Cheney, and Mahmoud Darwish.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Václav Klaus ranks 49 out of 1,200. Before him are Bernard Bolzano (1781), Klement Gottwald (1896), Karl Kautsky (1854), Adolf Loos (1870), Johann Palisa (1848), and Bohuslav Martinů (1890). After him are Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Madeleine Albright (1937), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Emil Hácha (1872), and Adalbert of Prague (955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Václav Klaus ranks 8. Before him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Edvard Beneš (1884), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Miloš Zeman (1944), and Klement Gottwald (1896). After him are Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Emil Hácha (1872), George of Poděbrady (1420), and Bonne of Luxembourg (1315).

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