Jan Stráský

Infobox Prime Minister
name=Jan Stráský


order=23^rd
office=Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
term_start =2 July, 1992
term_end =31 December, 1992
predecessor =Marián Čalfa
successor =office abolished
birth_date =birth date and age|1940|12|24
birth_place =flagicon|Czechoslovakia Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
death_date =
death_place =

Jan Stráský (born 24 December 1940 in Plzeň) is a Czech politician.

Stráský studied philosophy and political economy at the Charles University in Prague. During the 1960s-'80s he worked at the Central bank of Czechoslovakia.

In 1991 Stráský became member of the Civic Democratic Party, since 1992 he was member of parliament, minister of transportation (1993-95), and minister of health (1995-96). From 2 July - 31 December 1992 he served as prime minister as well as acting president of Czechoslovakia (before it was dissolved). Later he left politics and as of 2005 works in the civil service.

See also

* History of Czechoslovakia
* List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia