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Svatopluk Karásek

Politician

Svatopluk Karásek 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	Svatopluk Karasek · Svatopluk Karásek				[sources]
Alias	Karásek, Svatopluk · Sváťa Karásek				[sources]
Weak alias	Karásek				[sources]
Birth date	1942-10-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Prague				[sources]
Death date	2020-12-20				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Czechia				[sources]
Country	Czechia				[sources]
Citizenship	Czechoslovakia · Czechia				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Svatopluk				[sources]
Last name	Karásek				[sources]
Political association	Freedom Union – Democratic Union				[sources]
Title	ThMgr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2370616				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2002-2006) · Government Commissioner for Human Rights (2004-2006) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2002-2006) · district representative in Czechia (2014-2018) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2002)				[sources]
Education	Protestant Theological Faculty – Charles University (1964-1968) · SŠ zahradnická a zemědělská A. E. Komerse · Vyšší odborná škola zahradnická a Střední zahradnická škola Mělník				[sources]
Religion	Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Czech evangelic priest, singer and politician (1942–2020)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-26

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Oldřich Karásek Close Associate	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Chamber of Deputies	2002-06-18	2006-06-02

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Vladimír Košárek Politician	godparent	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,653

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,362

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,490

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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