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Jiří Svoboda

Czech filmmaker and politician (born 1945)

Jiří Svoboda (born 5 May 1945 in Kladno) is a Czech film and TV director, screenwriter and retired politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) from 1990 to 1993.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Jiří Svoboda (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 5, 1945.¹

About

In 2017 he received the World Prize for Humanism from the Macedonian-based Ohrid Academy of Humanism.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jiří Svoboda, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Communist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaChair Oct 13, 1990 to Jun 25, 1993¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedAcademy of Performing Arts³

Career

Occupation: film director, screenwriter, pedagogue, actor, politician, director.⁶

1990 to 1993Party leader, Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia⁴
1990 to 1993Chair, Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia⁵
Date not recordedMember of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia⁴

In 1996 Svoboda unsuccessfully ran for the Senate as an independent candidate for the Party of the Democratic Left. From 1999 to 2004 he was a professor of film art at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). As a journalist he also occasionally participates in historical debates about Czech history up until the Middle Ages. He holds atheist viewpoints.

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Personal life

BornMay 5, 1945, Kladno^{7 8}
CitizenshipCzech Republic⁹

Awards

Date not recordedMerited Artist of Czechoslovakia¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataJiří Svoboda on Wikidata
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WikipediaJiří Svoboda on Wikipedia
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: Member of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia, on Wikidata
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: Chair, Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, on Wikidata
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: place of birth, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of birth, as reported by Freebase Data Dumps
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: Facebook, on Wikidata
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WikidataJiří Svoboda: IMDb, on Wikidata
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WikidataCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsJiří Svoboda photo by Karolína Černá a Emma Orphe, CC BY-SA 3.0