Livia Klausová

Livia Klausová née Mištinová (born 10 November 1943) is a Slovak-born Czech economist who was the First Lady of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013 as wife of the President Václav Klaus. Since 2013 she has served as the Czech Republic Ambassador to Slovakia. Her father was an active fascist during the WWII.

Livia Klausová
First Lady of the Czech Republic
In role
7 March 2003  7 March 2013
PresidentVáclav Klaus
Preceded byDagmar Havlová
Succeeded byIvana Zemanová
Czech Republic Ambassador to Slovakia
In office
16 December 2013  30 April 2018
PresidentMiloš Zeman
Preceded byJakub Karfík
Succeeded byTomáš Tuhý
Personal details
Born (1943-11-10) 10 November 1943
Bratislava, Slovak Republic (now Slovakia)
Spouse(s)Václav Klaus (m. 1968)
OccupationEconomist

An alumna of the University of Economics, Prague, she married fellow economist Václav Klaus in 1968. The couple have two sons, Václav (b. 1969) and Jan (b. 1974), and five grandchildren. Her father was Štefan Miština, who died in 1959.[1]

Livia Klausová and Václav Klaus (2011)

Member of Supervisory Boards

Company / organization Field Start date Finish date Highest position held
Česká spořitelna, a. s. Finance and insurance 2003[2]
ČEZ, a.s.[2] Energy
ZVVZ Milevsko Manufacturing 2003[2]

References

  1. Petr Zídek (2 September 2013). "Klausův tchán pracoval u tajné policie fašistického Slovenska". Lidovky.cz. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. "interview: Livia Klausová" (in Czech). BBC Czech (London). 11 March 2003.

Sources

Honorary titles
Preceded by
Dagmar Havlová
First Lady of the Czech Republic
2003–2013
Succeeded by
Ivana Zemanová
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