Václav Klaus

Václav Klaus    (economist)
Speaking at the December 2016 meeting of Le Cercle
Born	1941-06-19 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Alma mater	University of Economics Prague
Religion	Hussite
Children	Václav Jan
Spouse	Livia Mištinová
Member of	Le Cercle
Party	OF,  (1989–1990),  ODS,  (1990–2009),  Independent,  (2009–present)
The first Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Cercle repeated visitor  President of the Czech Republic  In office 7 March 2003 - 7 March 2013 Succeeded by Miloš Zeman  Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies In office 17 July 1998 - 20 June 2002  Prime Minister of the Czech Republic  In office 1 January 1993 - 2 January 1998 Preceded by Václav Klaus  Prime Minister of the Czech Republic  In office 2 July 1992 - 1 January 1993 Succeeded by Václav Klaus  Minister of Finance of Czechoslovakia In office 10 December 1989 - 2 July 1992

Václav Klaus was the first Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. He is now a repeat visitor to Le Cercle, and has mentioned this online.

Cercle attendance

He was invited attend a meeting of Le Cercle in London, on June 21, 2013, where he gave a speech on "Eastern Europe between Stagnation in the West and Rapid Growth in the East".

At the London 2014 meeting, on June 20,he spoke at Le Cercle on "Is There Any Reason for the Czech Republic to Celebrate the First Ten Years in the EU?"

7 pictures of the December 2016 meeting in Washington D.C. were published on Klaus' website.

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A Document by Václav Klaus

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
File:WFS klaus lecture 2012.pdf	speech	August 2012	Climate change	"I feel obliged to warn against the arguments and ambitions of the believers in the global warming doctrine..."

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/2013 (London)	20 June 2013	23 June 2013	London UK Hotel Crowne Plaza St James
Le Cercle/2014 (London)	20 June 2014	20 June 2014	London UK	Dates include June 20 but are uncertain
Le Cercle/2016 (Washington)	December 2016	December 2016	Washington DC	The most recent known Cercle meeting, photographed by Václav Klaus, who later published 7 photos of the event online.