| Jiří Horák | |
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| 20th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 23 April 1982 – 27 July 1983 | |
| President | Jiří Hájek |
| Preceded by | Alexander Dubček |
| Succeeded by | Václav Klaus |
| Minister of Industry of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 24 September 1981 – 23 April 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander Dubček |
| Preceded by | Milan Kubát |
| Succeeded by | Oldřich Černík |
| Chairman of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 1980–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Dubček |
| Succeeded by | Jiří Dienstbier |
| 4th and 7th Premier of Czechia | |
| In office 1969–1974 | |
| Preceded by | Vilém Bernard |
| Succeeded by | Lubor Zink |
| In office 1978–1981 | |
| Preceded by | František Trnka |
| Succeeded by | Josef Korčák |
| Minister of Social Affairs of Czechia | |
| In office 1966–1969 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1983–1991 | |
| Constituency | Hradec Králové |
| Member of the Czech National Assembly | |
| In office 1959–1981 | |
| Constituency | Hradec Králové |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 April 1924 Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia
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| Died | July 25, 2003 (aged 79) Prague, CFR, Czechoslovakia
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| Nationality | Czech |
| Political party | Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Prague School of Economics |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jiří Horák (24 April 1924 – 25 July 2003) was a Czechoslovak politician of Czech origin and member of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), who served as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1982 to 1983.
He was active in politics from a young age. From 1945 to 1947 he served as Press Secretary for the Minister of Industry Bohumil Laušman while being active in the Young Social Democrats. After graduating from the Prague School of Economics in 1948 he was elected to the city council in Hradec Králové. He was elected as a member to the Czech National Assembly in 1958 and served in Vilém Bernard's cabinet as the Czech Minister of Social Affairs from 1966 to 1969. He served two terms as Premier of Czechia, from 1969 to 1974 and from 1978 to 1981. In 1972 he was elected one of the Vice-Chairmen of the ČSSD, and in 1980 he succeeded Alexander Dubček as the chairman of the party. In 1981 he was appointed by Prime Minister Dubček to serve in his cabinet as the Federal Minister of Industry. A year later he succeeded Dubček as Prime Minister, but his coalition fell apart in 1983 when his coalition allies, the Czechoslovak People's Party and the Slovak People's Party, left the government and supported a no-confidence vote. He was defeated by a large margin in the 1983 federal elections by Václav Klaus. He retired from Parliament in 1991
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