Richard Sacher (1 September 1942 – 27 February 2014) was a
Czech
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politician and civil servant. He was the first post-Communist
Interior Minister
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of
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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for a year. He served from 1989 through 1990. He was also a member of the federal assembly for two years. In 2000, Sacher ran for the
Senate
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, but lost the election.
Sacher died on 27 February 2014 in a hospice in
Červený Kostelec
Červený Kostelec (; german: Rothkosteletz) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Bohdašín, Horní Kostelec, Lhota za Červeným ...
,
Czech Republic
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, aged 71.
References
1947 births
2014 deaths
Ministers of the Interior of Czechoslovakia
KDU-ČSL politicians
Czechoslovak politicians
Czech politicians
People from Trutnov District
Charles University alumni
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