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'''Jiří Svoboda''' (born 5 May 1945 in [[Kladno]]) is a [[Czech people|Czech]] film and TV director, screenwriter and retired [[politics|politician]]. He was leader of the [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia]] (KSČM) from 1990 to 1993. In 2017 he received the World Prize for Humanism from the Macedonian-based Ohrid Academy of Humanism.<ref>{{cite web |url=/proxy/http://www.independent.mk/articles/40208/Jiri+Svoboda+Gets++World+Prize+for+Humanism |title=Jiri Svoboda Gets 2017 World Prize for Humanism |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2017-01-05 |website=Independent, the Macedonian English Language News Agency |access-date=2017-01-12 |archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20170131191037/http://www.independent.mk/articles/40208/Jiri+Svoboda+Gets++World+Prize+for+Humanism |archive-date=2017-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Jiří Svoboda''' (born 5 May 1945 in [[Kladno]]) is a [[Czech people|Czech]] film and TV director, screenwriter and retired [[politics|politician]]. He was leader of the [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia]] (KSČM) from 1990 to 1993. In 2017 he received the World Prize for Humanism from the Macedonian-based Ohrid Academy of Humanism.<ref>{{cite web |url=/proxy/http://www.independent.mk/articles/40208/Jiri+Svoboda+Gets++World+Prize+for+Humanism |title=Jiri Svoboda Gets 2017 World Prize for Humanism |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2017-01-05 |website=Independent, the Macedonian English Language News Agency |access-date=2017-01-12 |archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20170131191037/http://www.independent.mk/articles/40208/Jiri+Svoboda+Gets++World+Prize+for+Humanism |archive-date=2017-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
In 1996 Svoboda unsucessfully ran for the Senate as independent candidate for the [[Party of the Democratic Left (Czech Republic)|Party of the Democratic Left]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Výsledky hlasování |url=/proxy/https://volby.cz/pls/senat/se2111?xjazyk=CZ&xdatum=19961116&xobvod=26 |website=volby.cz |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> From 1999 to 2004 he was a professor of film art at [[Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague]] (FAMU). As a journalist he also accasionally participates in historical debates about Czech history up until the Middle Ages. He holds atheist viewpoints.<ref>{{cite web |title=JIŘÍ SVOBODA: Václav v plné zbroji s kopím je výron národní sebeiluze |url=/proxy/https://www.reflex.cz/clanek/archiv/66597/jiri-svoboda-vaclav-v-plne-zbroji-s-kopim-je-vyron-narodni-sebeiluze.html |website=Reflex.cz |date=28 September 2015|access-date=23 February 2024 |language=cs}}</ref>


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Jiří Svoboda
Leader of the Communist Party
of Bohemia and Moravia
In office
13 October 1990 – 25 June 1993
Preceded byJiří Machalík
Succeeded byMiroslav Grebeníček
Personal details
Born (1945-05-05) 5 May 1945 (age 79)
Kladen, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Political partyKSČ (1975–1990)
KSČM (1990–1993)

Jiří Svoboda (born 5 May 1945 in Kladno) is a Czech film and TV director, screenwriter and retired politician. He was leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) from 1990 to 1993. In 2017 he received the World Prize for Humanism from the Macedonian-based Ohrid Academy of Humanism.[1]

Career

In 1996 Svoboda unsucessfully ran for the Senate as independent candidate for the Party of the Democratic Left.[2] From 1999 to 2004 he was a professor of film art at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). As a journalist he also accasionally participates in historical debates about Czech history up until the Middle Ages. He holds atheist viewpoints.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jiri Svoboda Gets 2017 World Prize for Humanism". Independent, the Macedonian English Language News Agency. 2017-01-05. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. ^ "Výsledky hlasování". volby.cz. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  3. ^ "JIŘÍ SVOBODA: Václav v plné zbroji s kopím je výron národní sebeiluze". Reflex.cz (in Czech). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2024.