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Jindřich Kabát
Jindřich Kabát (24 April 1953 – 14 July 2020) was a Czech psychologist, professor and politician. He was the first Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, holding the office from 1992 to 1994. Education Having studied unofficially in the Polish Flying University, Kabát studied a master's in psychology research and methodology at Charles University in Prague, completing his PhDr there in 1978. He was a visiting professor at Christopher Newport University from 2004-2005, then professor and co-director of the European Centre until 2009, in Virginia, United States. He participated in the postgraduate program at Wheaton College, Illinois, United States, as well as numerous foreign study programs related to governance and culture. Jindřich Kabát was a named expert of the Court of law for psychology and psychopathology. Pedagogical activities From 1977 to 1983, Kabát worked in the psychiatric clinic at the medical faculty of Charles University in Prague, in the field o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Tigrid
Pavel Tigrid (27 October 1917 – 31 August 2003) was a Czech Republic, Czech writer, publisher, author and politician. He is considered one of the most important personalities of the Czech exile journalism. Biography Pavel Schönfeld was born into an assimilated Jewish family in Prague on 27 October 1917. He left Czechoslovakia as a young man to evade the Nazis. In Great Britain, he adopted the pseudonym Tigrid (after river Tigris) when he worked as a broadcaster of anti-fascist propaganda in BBC, and kept it for the rest of his life. Returning after the end of World War II, he continued his publishing career, soon clashing with the ascendant Communism, communist ideology. Fleeing arrest, he emigrated to West Germany, later moved to United States and finally settled in France. During the Cold War, Tigrid was a prominent representative of Czech anti-communist exile, authored several books and published numerous publications, for example the magazine ''Svědectví'' ("Testimony"), r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students and older dissidents. The result was the end of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia, and the subsequent dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic. On 17 November 1989 (International Students' Day), riot police suppressed a Student activism, student demonstration in Prague. The event marked the 50th anniversary of a violently suppressed demonstration against the Nazi storming of Prague University in 1939 where 1,200 students were arrested and 9 killed (see International Students' Day#Origin, Origin of International Students' Day). The 1989 event sparked a series of demonstrations from 17 November to late December and turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDU-ČSL Politicians
KDU-ČSL (In Czech language, Czech, the initials of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party; ), often shortened to ("the populars"), is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, led by Marek Výborný. The party has taken part in most of the Czech government coalitions since 1990, and has been represented in every parliament except for the 6th Czech parliament (2010-2013). It currently forms part of the Cabinet of Petr Fiala, as part of the Spolu electoral alliance. History After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Šrámek served as head of Czechoslovak government in exile (in the United Kingdom). After 1945, ČSL was part of the national unity government, forming its most right-wing section. Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the party has participated in almost every Czech government. In the 2006 Czech legislative election, June 2006 legislative electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
