Václav Jehlička (born on 24 March 1948 in Domažlice) is a

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. In 1996 he was elected a member of the

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and from January 2007 to May 2009 he was Minister of Culture. He worked as a

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until 1990. Then he served two full terms as Mayor of

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from 1990 to 1998 and a half term from 2001 to 2002. Jehlička is a graduate of the University of South Bohemia. He's married and has five children.

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