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and

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. He served the Czech Republic's first Minister of Economy from 1992 until 1996 with the First Cabinet of Václav Klaus and played a key role in the new nation's early economic development. In 1994, he became the first Czech government minister to visit

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. Dyba was a candidate for the

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in the

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for district No. 35 –

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. He won the first round with more than 36 percent of the vote, but was defeated in the second round by of the

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party. Dyba left politics following his election loss in 1996 and worked in the private sector as an

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and strategic economics consultant. In 2007, he was appointed Ambassador to the

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(OECD), a position he held until 2012. Dyba died on 22 July 2024, at the age of 83.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyba, Karel 1940 births 2024 deaths Czech economists Government ministers of the Czech Republic Ambassadors to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Members of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia Members of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1992) Academic staff of the Prague University of Economics and Business Politicians from Prostějov