Jan Koukal

For the Czech squash player, see Jan Koukal (squash player).

Jan Koukal (born 29 July 1951 in Brno) is a Czech politician.

Jan Koukal
Mayor of Prague
In office 13 May 1993 – 26 November 1998
Preceded by	Milan Kondr
Succeeded by	Jan Kasl
Czech Republic Ambassador to Austria
In office 28 November 2006 – December 2012
President	Václav Klaus
Preceded by	Rudolf Jindrák
Succeeded by	Jan Sechter
Member of the Prague City Assembly
In office 24 November 1990 – 14 November 2002
Senator from Prague 6
In office 16 November 1996 – 16 November 1998
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Jan Ruml
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-29) 29 July 1951 Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	Civic Democratic Party (1991–2013/14)
Alma mater	Charles University
Occupation	politician

Biography

After studying theoretical physics at the Charles University in Prague (1969–74) Koukal worked at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, specialising on surface physics.

Jan Koukal has been a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). From 1993 to 1998 he was mayor of Prague and from 1996 to 1998 member of Senate of the Czech Republic. In 2006, after a few months of training at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was named as an ambassador of the Czech Republic in Austria.

External links

• Official biography (in Czech)
• Arrest by the police for drunk driving^[usurped]