František Bublan (born 13 January 1951 in

Třebíč Třebíč (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 35,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictines, Benedictine monastery, where the castle is loca ...

) is a former

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, who was in 2004 named

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for Stanislav Gross's

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government. After Stanislav Gross was forced to leave the government, Bublan remained in the government of Jiří Paroubek. He studied at

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, faculty of

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. He briefly worked as a cleric, but after signing

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, he had to work in menial jobs.

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František Bublan, poslanec (Czech Radio)
1951 births Living people Politicians from Třebíč Interior ministers of the Czech Republic Czech Roman Catholics Charter 77 signatories Czech Social Democratic Party MPs Czech Social Democratic Party Government ministers Charles University alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2006–2010) Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2010–2013) Czech Social Democratic Party senators {{Czech-politician-stub