Jan Ruml (born 5 March 1953 in Prague[1]) is a Czech politician who was interior minister from 1992 to 1997.
Jan Ruml | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 2 July 1992 – 7 November 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Václav Klaus |
| Preceded by | Tomáš Sokol |
| Succeeded by | Jindřich Vodička |
| Senator from Prague 6 | |
| In office 21 November 1998 – 21 November 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jan Koukal |
| Succeeded by | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 June 1996 – 19 June 1998 | |
| Member of the Federal Assembly | |
| In office 6 June 1992 – 31 December 1992 | |
| Leader of the US–DEU | |
| In office 22 February 1998 – 1 December 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Karel Kühnl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1953[1] Prague, Czechoslovakia[1] |
| Political party | OF (1989–1991) ODS (1991–1998) US–DEU (1998–2004) SZ (2010–2014) |
| Alma mater | University of West Bohemia |
Government career
editBefore becoming Interior Minister, Jan Ruml served as deputy Interior Minister in 1991.[2]
Jan Ruml announced his resignation as Interior Minister on 21 October 1997.[3] He then challenged Václav Klaus for the leadership of the Civic Democratic Party over a party funding scandal.[3][4] However Klaus won with 72% of the vote at a party conference on the 14 December 1997.[3]
Freedom Union
editJan Ruml became leader of a breakaway party called Freedom Union, which was founded on the 17 January 1998.[3] He led the party into the 1998 election, where the party won 8.6% of the vote and 19 seats and went into opposition.[3]
Jan Ruml announced his resignation as leader of the Freedom Union on the 1 December 1999.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1999 (4th ed.). Routledge. 1 October 1998. p. 992. ISBN 1857430581.
- ^ Barrett, Amy (23 August 1991). "Czechs and Slovaks Cheer Soviet Democracy, Reaffirm Their Own". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Jeffries, Ian (2002). Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to the Economies in Transition. London: Routledge. pp. 163–170. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2017-09-01. [ISBN missing]
- ^ Shepherd, Robin H E (2000). Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Revolution and Beyond. Houndmills: Macmillan. p. 107. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2017-09-01.[ISBN missing]