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. From 2013 to 2018 she served as the Czech Republic's ambassador to Slovakia.
Livia Klausová | |
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| First Lady of the Czech Republic | |
| In role 7 March 2003 – 7 March 2013 | |
| President | Václav Klaus |
| Preceded by | Dagmar Havlová |
| Succeeded by | Ivana Zemanová |
| Czech Republic Ambassador to Slovakia | |
| In office 16 December 2013 – 30 April 2018 | |
| President | Miloš Zeman |
| Preceded by | Jakub Karfík |
| Succeeded by | Tomáš Tuhý |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1943 Bratislava, Slovak Republic (now Slovakia) |
| Spouse | Václav Klaus (m. 1968) |
| Occupation | Economist |
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]
Member of Supervisory Boards
edit| Company / organization | Field | Start date | Finish date | Highest position held |
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| Česká spořitelna, a. s. | Finance and insurance | 2003[2] | ||
| ČEZ, a.s.[2] | Energy | |||
| ZVVZ Milevsko | Manufacturing | 2003[2] |
References
edit- ^ Petr Zídek (2 September 2013). "Klausův tchán pracoval u tajné policie fašistického Slovenska". Lidovky.cz. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "interview: Livia Klausová" (in Czech). BBC Czech (London). 11 March 2003.
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