Ladislav Jakl

Ladislav Jakl (born December 17, 1959) is a Czech musician and journalist who served as the Secretary for political affairs under President Václav Klaus. He also ran for the presidency in the 2013 presidential election as a candidate of Party of Free Citizens but he wasn't able to gather required amount of signatures.

Ladislav Jakl
Born (1959-12-17) 17 December 1959
Cheb, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Alma materCharles University
Spouse(s)Dana Jaklová (1984–1999)
ChildrenSon

Personal life

He studied Journalism at Charles University. He worked in different positions until 1989.[1] He worked as journalist for Lidové noviny after 1989. State Security had a file on him a possible collaborator.[2] He refused to collaborate according to his words.[1]

Jakl was married to Dana Jaklová from 1984 to 1999 when the couple divorced.[3]

Political career

Jakl was member of parliament from 1990 to 1991. He was elected as a candidate of Civic Forum.[4] He became collaborator of Václav Klaus in 1997. He became Klas's secretary when Klaus was elected president in 2003.[5]

Party of Free Citizens offered him candidature for Czech president in 2013 election.[4] Jakl participated in party's primaries and received 88% of votes he was the only candidate.[6] Jakl didn't participate in the election because he failed to gather 50,000 of signatures and failed to meet requirements for registration as an official candidate.[7]

References
  1. "Ladislav Jakl - osobní webové stránky". www.ladislavjakl.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. "Archiv" (PDF). abscr.cz. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. "FolimankaBlues.cz - český bigbít ještě stále žije". folimankablues.cz. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. "Do boje o Hrad se může zapojit Jakl. Klausova poradce oslovili Svobodní". iDNES.cz. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. "Ladislav Jakl". Aktuálně.cz - Víte co se právě děje (in Czech). 8 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. "Potvrzeno: Ladislav Jakl míří do boje o Hrad, uspěl v primárkách". Aktuálně.cz - Víte co se právě děje (in Czech). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  7. "Podpisy potřebné pro kandidaturu na Hrad nenasbíral ani Jakl". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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