Jiří Kittner is a Czech

Czech Republic

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 politician

Politics

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 who has served as mayor

Mayor

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 of Liberec

Liberec

Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....

 since 2000.

A native of Liberec, Kittner earned his degrees in automotive

Automobile

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 and electronic

Electronics

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 technology. In 1982, he became chair of the economic school in Prague

Prague

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. By 1991, he ran a commercial bank, then joined an economic firm in 1994. Kittner joined the local community government in Liberec in 1998 before brin elected the city's mayor in 2009.

Kittner has been a major sponsor of the 2009 Nordic skiing world championships in his hometown, which was awarded to his city by the International Ski Federation

International Ski Federation

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in 2004.