Livia Klausová née Mištinová (born 10 November 1943) is a
Slovak-born
Czech
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economist who was the
First Lady of the Czech Republic
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from 2003 to 2013 as wife of the 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 ...
. From 2013 to 2018 she served as the Czech Republic's ambassador to Slovakia.
An
alumna
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of the
University of Economics, Prague
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, she married fellow economist
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 ...
in 1968. The couple have two sons,
Václav Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav.
Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda
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(b. 1969) and Jan (b. 1974), and five grandchildren. Her father was Štefan Miština, who died in 1959.
Member of Supervisory Boards
References
Sources
Biography of Václav Klaus from Radio Praha
1943 births
Living people
Diplomats from Bratislava
Czechoslovak economists
First ladies of the Czech Republic
Czech women economists
Czech people of Slovak descent
Prague University of Economics and Business alumni
Václav Klaus
Ambassadors of the Czech Republic to Slovakia
Czech women diplomats
Czech women ambassadors
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