Martin Dvořák: from regional mayor to the top government post via Washington, DC and New York

Martin Dvořák started making his mark on public life during the Velvet Revolution of 1989. As a young, obscure economist at a meat processing plant in Eastern Bohemia, he played a pivotal role in establishing the local branch of the Civic Forum, a broad coalition of non-communist entities in the nation. This coalition seized control following the country’s first democratic elections in 1990.

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Author: Vít Pohanka