Luboš Dobrovský (born Luboš Hamerschlag, 3 February 1932 – 30 January 2020)[1] was a Czech journalist and politician,[2] who served as Czechoslovak Minister of Defence.

Luboš Dobrovský
Minister of Defence of Czechoslovakia
In office
18 October 1990 – 2 July 1992
Prime MinisterMarián Čalfa
Preceded byMiroslav Vacek
Succeeded byImrich Andrejčák
Czech Republic Ambassador to Russia
In office
1996–2000
PresidentVáclav Havel
Preceded byRudolf Slánský Jr.
Succeeded byJaroslav Bašta
Personal details
Born
Luboš Hamerschlag

(1932-02-03)3 February 1932
Kolín, Czechoslovakia
Died30 January 2020(2020-01-30) (aged 87)
Prague, Czech Republic

Dobrovsky's father Ludvík Hamerschlag was Jewish. Deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in September 1943, he did not survive the war. Dobrovský and his mother spent the war on a farm in Ohrada; his mother remarried the officer Josef Dobrovský after the war.[3]

Dobrovský was member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and journalist of the Czechoslovak Radio between 1959 and 1968.[4] He signed Charta 77 in the 1970s and served as a spokesman of the Civic Forum in 1989. Between October 1990 and June 1992 he was the Czechoslovak minister of defence. Later, he served as director of the Office of the Czech President Václav Havel. Between 1996 and 2000 he was the Czech Ambassador in Moscow.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Zemřel Luboš Dobrovský". Právo (in Czech). novinky.cz. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ StB si označovala Židy. V seznamech mají původní jména
  3. ^ "Luboš Dobrovský (1932 - 2020)". www.memoryofnations.eu. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ Galerie ministrů národní obrany - Ministři národní obrany v letech 1918 až 1992
  5. ^ Dobrovský Luboš Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Defence of Czechoslovakia
1990–1992
Succeeded by