Jiří Hodač is a Czech media manager, best known for his short tenure as Director General of

Česká televize Czech Television ( ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting six channels. Established after breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslovak Television founded in 1953. H ...

between December 2000 and January 2001, which spanned the start of the Czech TV crisis. Hodač took up his position as Director General on 20 December 2000 and resigned on 12 January 2001, citing poor health. Hodač studied journalism at

Charles University in Prague Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation, the oldest university north of the ...

. He started working for

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in 1989. He worked as News Director at Česká televize, but his term lasted for less than four months; he resigned on 14 August 2000. Hodač became the fourth Director General of Česká televize on 20 December 2000, taking over from outgoing director Dušan Chmelíček. After being taken ill in early January 2001, Hodač announced his resignation for medical reasons just a few days later.

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