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A former prime minister, finance minister and founder of the centerright civic democratic party, he was elected in. He was a member of the civic democratic party ods until his expulsion in march 2019. This book publishes 29 of the czech prime ministers englishlanguage speeches, 19 of which have been published previously. Quotations by vaclav klaus, czechoslovakian statesman, born june 19, 1941.
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