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Jiři Karas

Diplomat · Politician

Jiři Karas is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jiři Karas · Jiří Karas				[sources]
Other name	Jiri Karas · Jiři Karas · Karas, Jiří				[sources]
Birth date	1942-07-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Brno · Třebíč				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Czechia				[sources]
Country	Czechia				[sources]
Citizenship	Czechoslovakia · Czechia				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jiří				[sources]
Last name	Karas				[sources]
Title	JUDr. Ing.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10545470				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2002-2006) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1992-1996) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1996-1998) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1998-2002) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2002-2006) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-09	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Czech member of Czech Parliament (1992–2006), member of Czech National Council, ambassador and lawyer

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Chamber of Deputies	2002-06-19	2006-06-02
ambassador of Czechia to Belarus

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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