Ivo Svoboda (politician)
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Ivo Svoboda (6 April 1948 – 23 February 2017) was a Czech politician and economist who served as 3rd Finance Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 1999 in government of Prime Minister Miloš Zeman. He became the first government minister of the Czech Republic to be imprisoned: he was handed a five-year jail term in 2005 and served three years of the sentence.
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Ivo Svoboda | |
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3rd Minister of Finance | |
In office 22 July 1998 – 20 July 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Miloš Zeman |
Preceded by | Ivan Pilip |
Succeeded by | Pavel Mertlík |
Personal details | |
Born | (1948-04-06)6 April 1948 Czechoslovakia |
Died | 23 February 2017(2017-02-23) (aged 68) Czech Republic |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
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