František Bublan (born 13 January 1951 in

Třebíč Třebíč (; german: Trebitsch; yi, טרייביטש Treybitsh) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictine ...

) is a former Czech

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, in 2004 named Minister of the Interior for Stanislav Gross's Social Democratic Party government. After Stanislav Gross had been forced to leave the government, Bublan remained in the government of Jiří Paroubek. He studied at

Charles University ) , image_name = Carolinum_Logo.svg , image_size = 200px , established = , type = Public, Ancient , budget = 8.9 billion CZK , rector = Milena Králíčková , faculty = 4,057 , administrative_staff = 4,026 , students = 51,438 , underg ...

, faculty of

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. He briefly worked as cleric, but after signing Charter 77, he had to work in menial jobs.

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František Bublan, poslanec (Czech Radio)
1951 births Living people Politicians from Třebíč Interior ministers of the Czech Republic Czech Roman Catholics Charter 77 signatories Czech Social Democratic Party MPs Czech Social Democratic Party Government ministers Charles University alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2006–2010) Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2010–2013) {{Czech-politician-stub