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Jiří Besser

Politician

Jiří Besser 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	Jiri Besser · Jiří Besser				[sources]
Alias	Besser, Jiří				[sources]
Birth date	1957-08-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Beroun				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Czechia				[sources]
Country	Czechia				[sources]
Citizenship	Czechia				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jiří				[sources]
Last name	Besser				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia · Mayors and Independents				[sources]
Title	MUDr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3179310				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2010-2013) · Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2010-2013) · Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic (2010-2011) · mayor of a place in the Czech Republic (1994-2010) · member of a Czech municipal council (1994-2010)				[sources]
Education	Charles University				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Czech minister of culture of the CR, member of Czech Parliament (2010–2013) and doctor

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Blanka Besserová Close Associate	spouse	2011-04-02	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Chamber of Deputies	2010-06-10	2013-08-28

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,584

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,461

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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