Jiří Liška (12 May 1949 – 1 March 2025) was a Czech politician. He was a onetime Vice-President of the

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Background

Liška was born on 12 May 1949. He graduated from the University of Veterinary Sciences Brno in 1974. Liška was married to Zuzana Lišková. They had two sons, Petr and Jan. He died on 1 March 2025, at the age of 75.

Career

During the

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, he worked as veterinarian in Prague,

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and

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. In 1990, he was appointed temporary chairman of the Civic National Committee of Jičín. In 1992, already a member of the Civic Democratic Party, he was elected to the

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that was dissolved following the breakup of

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in 1993. In 1994–2002 he served as the mayor of

. Liška was first elected to the

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in 1996, and was reelected in 1998 and 2004 in the Jičín district. Among his functions in the Senate, most notable are the chairmanship of the Civic Democratic Party caucus and Vicepresidency of the Senate. He was a founding signatory of the

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as well as the Declaration on Crimes of Communism.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liska, Jiri 1949 births 2025 deaths Czech anti-communists Czech veterinarians Politicians from Havlíčkův Brod Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) senators University of Veterinary Sciences Brno alumni