Michal Hašek

Michal Hašek (born 17 April 1976) is a Czech politician and former Governor of South Moravian Region. From 2002 until 2014, Hašek was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP). He also served as shadow Minister of Agriculture in the shadow cabinet of former Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek.

Michal Hašek
Governor of South Moravian Region
In office
21 November 2008 – 16 November 2016
Preceded byStanislav Juránek
Succeeded byBohumil Šimek
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 June 2002 – 30 April 2014
Personal details
Born (1976-04-17) April 17, 1976
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Political partyČSSD
Alma materMasaryk University
Vysoká škola v Sládkovičove s.r.o.
Websitemichalhasek.cz

Career

Hašek is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University. He also has a juris degree, though its validity has been called into question as it was obtained at an obscure law school in the southwestern Slovakian town of Sládkovičovo.[1] Furthermore, his thesis was led by a friend of Hašek and a social democrat from Slovakia's Smer party, leading to allegations of clientelism.[2]

In October 2013, shortly after the Czech legislative election, Hašek and his allies from ČSSD called on party Chairman Bohuslav Sobotka to resign following the party's poor election result and excluded him from the team negotiating the next government. However, it was subsequently revealed that Hašek and his allies had attended a secret post-election meeting with Czech President Miloš Zeman, and were alleged to have negotiated a "coup" in the ČSSD with him. Hašek had previously denied the accusations, stating on Czech Television that "there was no meeting". However, his allies, deputies Milan Chovanec, Zdeněk Škromach, Jeroným Tejc and Jiří Zimola, later admitted that the meeting took place. The event sparked public protests in the country and led to a public apology from Hašek, though he refused to resign.[3]

Personal life

Hašek is married and has one daughter.

References
  1. "Lidovky.cz - zpravodajsk server Lidovch novin". Ceskapozice.cz. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. "Sládkovičovo voní paprikou. Tady JUDr. Hašek získal tajný titul". Aktuálně.cz - Víte co se právě děje. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. "Czech Social Democrat deputy chairman refuses resignation". ČTK. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
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