Jan Palach was a Czech student of history and political economics at Charles University in Prague. His self-immolation in 1969 at age 20 was a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 by the Warsaw Pact armies.
Czech Crown is a Czech monarchist political party that strives for the restoration of Czech monarchy with the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The party was founded in 1990 and its current leader is Vojtěch Círus. In the 2017 Czech legislative election,Koruna Českáran in a coalition with TOP 09 and received 5.35% of the vote. In the 2019 European Parliament election,it ran together with the KDU-ČSL and received 7.24% of the vote.
Libuše Šafránková was a Czech actress. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám.
Jan Palach Square is a town square in the Old Town of Prague. It is located on right bank of the Vltava River next to the former Jewish Quarter.
Evžen Plocek was a Czech man who committed suicide,at age 39,by self-immolation as a political protest. He is usually named together with Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc whose self-immolations were similar political protests as Plocek's,but his death did not bring the same attention as the death of his predecessors.
Anna Fárová was a Czech art historian who specialized and catalogued Czech and Czechoslovak photographers,including František Drtikol and Josef Sudek. She was one of the pioneers of writing on history of photography. Her publishing activities helped to establish photography as an art discipline within the country.
JiříDienstbier Jr. is a Czech politician,lawyer and the Senator for Kladno from 2011 to 2020,representing the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). He previously served as Minister for Human Rights,Equal Opportunities and Legislation in Bohuslav Sobotka's cabinet,and at various points he has been Deputy Leader of ČSSD,a member of the Chamber of Deputies,and shadow minister of Justice. He was also the ČSSD candidate for the first direct presidential elections in the Czech Republic in 2013.
Burning Bush is a 2013 three-part miniseries created for HBO by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Based on real characters and events,this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student,Jan Palach,who set himself on fire in 1969 in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in the previous year. Dagmar Burešová,a young female lawyer,became part of his legacy by defending Palach's family in a trial against the communist government,a regime which tried to dishonour Palach’s sacrifice,a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.
Helena Válková is a Czech politician,university professor,and lawyer,specialising in criminal law and criminology. From January 2014 until March 2015 she was the Czech Minister of Justice in the government of Bohuslav Sobotka. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for ANO 2011,though she is now non-partisan. On 10 February 2015,Andrej Babiš,the leader of ANO 2011,announced that Válkováwill be replaced in the function by the lawyer Robert Pelikán. Válková's tenure ended on 1 March.
Ludmila Brožová-Polednová was a Czech state prosecutor sentenced at age 86 in September 2008 to six years' imprisonment for her participation in the show trials of Milada Horákováand others in 1950,which led to at least four executions.
Markéta PekarováAdamová is a Czech politician who is the President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2021 and leader of TOP 09 since 2019. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013.
Events from the year 2017 in the Czech Republic
An election of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic was held on 16 December 1998. Libuše Benešováwas elected the new President,defeating the incumbent Petr Pithart.
Jana Černochová is a Czech politician who has served as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala since December 2021. She has been a member of the Czech parliament since 2010,representing the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).
Jan Palach is a Czech biographical film directed by Robert Sedláček. The film follows Jan Palach during 1968 and 1969 and shows the final 6 months of his life. The film premiered at UherskéHradištěSummer Film School.
Zdeněk Hoření was a Czechoslovak journalist who served as Editor-in-Chief of Rudéprávo,the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
Vladímir Príkazský was a Czech politician and journalist. He was a signatory of Charter 77.
Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 23 and 24 September 2022 alongside municipal elections. The election were won by the Spolu alliance consisting of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS),KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 which won 20 seats. The ODS was the most successful party,winning eight seats.
Events in the year 2023 in the Czech Republic.
