List of Czech and Slovak Jews - Politicians

Politicians

  • Emanuel Mandler (1932–2009) born in Třebíč, Politician, publicist "Czechs and Germans, Myths, Discords, Actuality, Praha 2001
  • Victor Adler (1852–1918) socialist politician, born Prague
  • Madeleine Albright (* 1937) served as the 64th United States Secretary of State
  • Ludwig Czech (1870-1942), leader and several times minister for the German Social Democratic Workers Party in the Czechoslovak Republic
  • Jan Fischer (* 1951) prime minister of the Czech Republic (2009)
  • Bruno Kafka (1881-1931), German-speaking Jewish Czech politician, leader from 1918 to his death of the Czechoslovak German Democratic Liberal Party, member of the National Assembly.
  • Ignaz Kuranda, politician
  • Artur London (1915–1986) communist politician and co-defendant in the Slánský trial. He was born in Ostrava, Silesia, Austria-Hungary
  • Rudolf Margolius (1913–1952) Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade (1949–1952), a victim of the Slánský trial
  • Rudolf Slánský (1901–1952) Communist politician and the party's General Secretary after World War II. Later he fell into disfavour with the regime and was executed after a show trial
  • Michael Žantovský Politician and author. He was appointed to serve as the Ambassador to Israel in July 2003.
  • Vladimír Železný (* 1945) a media businessman and politician, member of the European Parliament, the founder of TV NOVA.

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