Karel Holomek (6 March 1937 – 27 August 2023) was a Czech mechanical engineer and politician. A member of the

Civic Forum The Civic Forum (, OF) was a political movement in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, established during the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The corresponding movement in Slovakia was called Public Against Violence ( – VPN). The Civic Forum's purpo ...

, he served in the

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from 1990 to 1992. In 2002, Czech president

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awarded him the Medal of Merit, 3rd grade. Holomek died on 27 August 2023, at the age of 86.

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Memory of nations: Karel Holomek
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