Jan Kalvoda
Jan Kalvoda is a Czech lawyer and politician. He led the Civic Democratic Alliance and served as deputy prime minister and justice minister in the 1990s.Early life
Kalvoda was born in 1953.Career
Kalvoda is a lawyer by training. He was the chairman of the Civic Democratic Alliance from 1992 to 1996. He resigned from office 17 December 1996, and Michal Žantovský became the ODA leader.
He served as deputy prime minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus from 2 July 1992 to 7 January 1997. He was in charge of the civil service and legislation. He was also justice minister in the cabinet from 1992 to 1996. He resigned from all of his posts in addition to his seat at the parliament on 16 December 1996. The reason for his resignation was that he lied about holding a PhD in law. Kalvoda admitted it.
