- Pavla Topolánková
Pavla Topolánková is a Czech politician. She was born in
Bohumín ,Czech Republic inMay 7 ,1955 . She is the wife ofMirek Topolánek , the current Czech Prime Minister.Pavla Topolánková is mother of Petra (1979), Jana (1983) and Tomáš (1992) and the grandmother of Karolína (2006).
She graduated from
Brno University of Technology as a mechanical engineer with specialization on thermal treatment. She was a high school teacher and later personal assistant of her husband while he was a senator in the CzechSenate . [ [http://www.topolankova.cz/zivotopis.html Personal pages of Pavla Topolánková] ] . She strongly supported her husband in his 2003 bid for chairmanship of Civic Democratic Party and inCzech legislative election, 2006 . She is also co-founder of Endowment fund Becario, aimed at promoting education. [ [http://becario.cz/wh/index.php?p=43 Becario official page] ]In Fall 2006, she surprisingly ran for Senate for
Jana Bobošíková 's party "Politika 21" inOstrava district, against the incumbent candidate of Civic Democratic Party (and to a dismay of senior party officials, who suggested that she should rather support her husband in his effort to form a cabinet). She did not pass the first round and the Civic Democratic candidate lost the run-off [ [http://www.volby.cz/pls/senat/se1111?xjazyk=CZ&xdatum=20061020&xobvod=71&xv=1&xt=1 2006 Senate election results in District 71 - Ostrava City] ] .Marriage of Pavla Topolánková and current Czech Prime Minister
Mirek Topolánek has been popular topic for Czech media since parliamentary elections in June 2006. After Pavla Topolánková announced her candidacy forSenate in one of city ofOstrava 's election districts (againstMirek Topolánek 's party colleague), it has become obvious, that the marriage is in crisis. In January 2007Mirek Topolánek publicly announced, that he lives with his mistress and party colleagueLucie Talmanová . [ [http://aktualne.centrum.cz/domaci/politika/clanek.phtml?id=324471&tro803_0_0 Žiju s přítelkyní, přiznal Topolánek] ]In January 2007, Cardinal
Miloslav Vlk praised Pavla Topolánková for striving to maintain her family and her willingness to forgive her husband. [ [http://lidovky.zpravy.cz/kardinal-vlk-na-internetu-pochvalil-topolankovou-fvh-/ln_noviny.asp?c=A070123_000006_ln_noviny_sko&klic=217316&mes=070123_0 Lidové noviny January 23, 2007] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.topolankova.cz/ Personal website (Czech)]
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