Jan Ruml | |
|---|---|
 Ruml in 2019 | |
| 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 | (1953-03-05) 5 March 19531 |
| Party | OF (1989–1991) ODS (1991–1998) US–DEU (1998–2004) SZ (2010–2014) |
| Alma mater | University of West Bohemia |
Jan Ruml (born 5 March 1953 in Prague1) is a Czech politician who was interior minister from 1992 to 1997.
Government career
Before 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.34 However Klaus won with 72% of the vote at a party conference on the 14 December 1997.3
Freedom Union
Jan 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
References
- Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1999 (4th ed.). Routledge. 1 October 1998. p. 992. ISBN 1857430581. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.