Ladislav Jakl

Czech musician, journalist, and politician (born 1959)

Ladislav Jakl

Born|  (1959-12-17) 17 December 1959 (age 63)

Cheb, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Alma mater| Charles University
Spouse| Dana Jaklová (1984–1999)
Children| Son

Ladislav Jakl (born December 17, 1959) is a Czech musician and journalist who served as the Secretary for political affairs under President Václav Klaus. He also ran for the presidency in the 2013 presidential election as a candidate of Party of Free Citizens but he was not able to gather the required number of signatures.

## Personal life[edit]

He studied journalism at Charles University. He worked in different positions until 1989.[1] He worked as journalist for Lidové noviny after 1989. State Security had a file on him a possible collaborator.[2] He refused to collaborate according to his words.[1]

Jakl was married to Dana Jaklová from 1984 to 1999 when the couple divorced.[3]

## Political career[edit]

Jakl was member of parliament from 1990 to 1991. He was elected as a candidate of Civic Forum.[4] He became collaborator of Václav Klaus in 1997. He became Klas's secretary when Klaus was elected president in 2003.[5]

Party of Free Citizens offered him candidature for Czech president in 2013 election.[4] Jakl participated in party's primaries and received 88% of votes he was the only candidate.[6] Jakl didn't participate in the election because he failed to gather 50,000 of signatures and failed to meet requirements for registration as an official candidate.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Ladislav Jakl - osobní webové stránky". Ladislav Jakl (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
2. ^ "Archiv" (PDF). abscr.cz. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
3. ^ "FolimankaBlues.cz - český bigbít ještě stále žije". folimankablues.cz. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
4. ^ a b "Do boje o Hrad se může zapojit Jakl. Klausova poradce oslovili Svobodní". iDNES.cz. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
5. ^ "Ladislav Jakl". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 8 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
6. ^ "Potvrzeno: Ladislav Jakl míří do boje o Hrad, uspěl v primárkách". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
7. ^ "Podpisy potřebné pro kandidaturu na Hrad nenasbíral ani Jakl". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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Leadership elections|

* 2009
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* Ladislav Jakl

Presidential election
primaries|

* 2012

Organisation|

* Beran Magazine

Alliances|

* Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe
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previous ← Candidates in the 2013 Czech presidential election → following

Winner|

* Miloš Zeman (SPOZ)

Lost in runoff|

* Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09)

Other candidates|

* Jana Bobošíková (Czech Sovereignty)
* Jiří Dienstbier Jr. (ČSSD)
* Jan Fischer (Independent)
* Táňa Fischerová (SZ)
* Vladimír Franz (Independent)
* Zuzana Roithová (KDU–ČSL)
* Přemysl Sobotka (ODS)

Disqualified|

* Vladimír Dlouhý (Independent)
* Tomio Okamura (Independent)
* Klára Samková (Independent)

Didn't file candidature|

* Ladislav Jakl (SSO)
* Rut Kolínská (Independent)
* Karel Randák (Independent)
* Evžen Tošenovský (ODS)
* Tomáš Vandas (DSSS)

Withdrew|

* Jan Toman (Independent)

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