Václav Klaus Institute ( cs, Institut Václava Klause) is a Think tank based in the Czech Republic. The institute was established by Václav Klaus when his term as

President of the Czech Republic The president of the Czech Republic is the head of state of the Czech Republic and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. The president mostly has ceremonial powers as the day-to-day business of the executive governm ...

ended and was inspired by the libraries of former American presidents. Other people involved with the institute are Jiří Weigl and Václav Klaus' sons. The institute was originally set up to serve as the Václav Klaus Library. It is financially supported by

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. The institute is closely associated with many prominent politicians of the Civic Democratic Party, including Jan Skopeček and Václav Klaus Jr. The institute itself is critical to the current Civic Democratic leader Petr Fiala.

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The institute was established in March 2012, one year before the end of Klaus' second term as president. Jiří Weigl said that the institute was set up so that Klaus could join when it was fully functional.

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