Jiří Dienstbier
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Jiří Dienstbier was a Czech
politician and journalist. He was one of Czechoslovakia
's most respected foreign correspondent before being fired after the Prague Spring
. Unable to have a livelihood as a journalist, he worked as a janitor for the next two decades. After the end of communist rule in 1989, he became the country's first non-Communist foreign minister in four decades, a post he held until 1992.
In 2008 he was elected to the Czech senate for the Kladno
region.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
politician and journalist. He was one of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
's most respected foreign correspondent before being fired after the Prague Spring
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II...
. Unable to have a livelihood as a journalist, he worked as a janitor for the next two decades. After the end of communist rule in 1989, he became the country's first non-Communist foreign minister in four decades, a post he held until 1992.
In 2008 he was elected to the Czech senate for the Kladno
Kladno
Kladno is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 25 km northwest of Prague. Kladno is the largest city of the region and holds a population together with its adjacent suburban areas of more than 110,000 people...
region.