Ivan Fuksa (born 15 July 1963) is a

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politician who served as

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from 2010 to 2011 and member of the

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from 2010 to 2012. Fuksa graduated from the Transport and Communications University in

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. He worked in the municipal transport company in Prague and after having returned to Příbram in 1988, he became teacher. He was elected into Příbram city assembly in 1990 as the

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member. He co-founded Příbram's Civic Democratic Party (ODS), led it in the municipal elections and became Příbram's mayor in 2002. He replaced Josef Vacek in the seat. In 2006, Fuksa's led ODS gained two more seats in the city assembly, but the party was not able to find a coalition partner and had to leave to opposition. Fuksa was replaced by new

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mayor

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, his former coalition partner. On 29 January 2007 Minister of Finance

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named Fuksa his first deputy after the ODS nomination. Fuksa is married again after divorcing once, has two children from his second marriage. He is an active athlete, he has participated in several sea-sailing competitions, climbed the top of

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and finished several international

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External links

Fuksa's personal website
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