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musician and journalist who served as the Secretary for political affairs under President
Václav Klaus
Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, he served as the secon ...
. He also ran for the
presidency
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Party of Free Citizens
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but he was not able to gather the required number of signatures.
Personal life
He studied journalism at
Charles University
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. He worked in different positions until 1989. He worked as journalist for
Lidové noviny
''Lidové noviny'' (''People's News'', or ''The People's Newspaper'', ) is a daily newspaper published in Prague, the Czech Republic. It is the oldest Czech daily still in print, and a newspaper of record.State Security had a file on him a possible collaborator. He refused to collaborate according to his words.
Jakl was married to Dana Jaklová from 1984 to 1999 when the couple divorced.
Political career
Jakl was member of parliament from 1990 to 1991. He was elected as a candidate of
Civic Forum
The Civic Forum (Czech: ''Občanské fórum'', OF) was a political movement in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, established during the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The corresponding movement in Slovakia was called Public Against Violence ( Slovak: ...
. He became collaborator of Václav Klaus in 1997. He became Klas's secretary when Klaus was elected president in 2003.
Party of Free Citizens
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offered him candidature for Czech president in 2013 election. Jakl participated in party's primaries and received 88% of votes he was the only candidate. Jakl didn't participate in the election because he failed to gather 50,000 of signatures and failed to meet requirements for registration as an official candidate.