Jaroslav Bureš

Jaroslav Bureš

Minister of Justice
In office 2 February 2001 – 15 July 2002
Prime Minister	Miloš Zeman
Preceded by	Pavel Rychetský
Succeeded by	Pavel Rychetský
Chairman of the Government Legislative Council
In office 4 August 2004 – 25 April 2005
Prime Minister	Stanislav Gross
Preceded by	Karel Čermák
Succeeded by	Pavel Zářecký

Personal details
Born	(1954-05-05) 5 May 1954 (age 69) Mimoň, Czechoslovakia
Political party	KSČ (1986–1989)
Alma mater	Charles University
Profession	Lawyer, judge

Jaroslav Bureš (born 5 May 1954) is a Czech lawyer, politician, former Minister of Justice and presidential candidate in 2003. He is a judge at a High court in Prague.

Biography

Bureš was born in Mimoň. He graduated at Charles University in 1979 and received a law degree. He became a judge at Regional court in Prague and in 1991 he became part of Supreme Court of the Czech Republic.^[1]

He was a minister of Justice in 2001-2002. He participated in 2003 presidential election as nominee of Czech Social Democratic Party. He participated in party's primaries but came second.^[2] He was allowed to participate in the first ballot but was eliminated in the first round.^[3]

References

^ "JUDr. Jaroslav Bureš". Vláda České republiky. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Referendum posouvá na Hrad Zemana". iDNES.cz. 29 November 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Second presidential election in Czechia, 24th January 2003". Robert Schuman. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

Ministers of Justice of the Czech Republic

Novák
Kalvoda
Parkanová
Motejl
Rychetský
Bureš
Rychetský
Čermák
Němec
Pospíšil
Kovářová
Pospíšil
Blažek
Benešová
Válková
Pelikán
Malá
Kněžínek
Benešová
Blažek

v t e Social Democracy (Czech Republic)
Leaders [cs]	Antonín Němec Bohumír Šmeral Antonín Němec Antonín Hampl Zdeněk Fierlinger Bohumil Laušman Blažej Vilím Václav Majer Vilém Bernard Karel Hrubý Jiří Horák Miloš Zeman Vladimír Špidla Stanislav Gross Bohuslav Sobotka (interim) Jiří Paroubek Bohuslav Sobotka Milan Chovanec (interim) Jan Hamáček Roman Onderka (interim) Michal Šmarda
Leadership elections	1990 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2018 2019 2021 (April) 2021 (December) 2023
Presidential candidates	Tomáš Masaryk Edvard Beneš Klement Gottwald Václav Havel Jaroslav Bureš Miloš Zeman Jan Sokol Jan Švejnar Jiří Dienstbier Jr. Josef Středula
Presidential election primaries	2002 2012
Governments	Kramář Tusar I Tusar II Beneš Švehla I Švehla II Udržal II Malypetr I Malypetr II Malypetr III Hodža I Hodža II Hodža III Fierlinger Gottwald I Gottwald II Zeman Špidla Gross Paroubek Fischer Sobotka Babiš II
Organisation	Chamber of Deputies Caucus Cíl Association of Patients Social Democratic Women Christian Social Platform Idealists.cz Masaryk Democratic Academy Mayors and Governors Club Orange Club Senate Caucus Senior Club Union of Workers' Sports' Unities Young Social Democrats Zvonečník
Alliances	Current Party of European Socialists Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Socialist International Progressive Alliance Former SDAPÖ Second International Labour and Socialist International Socialist Council Pětka National Front
History and related topics	2014 Referendum 2017 Czech government crisis 2018 Government referendum Independent Radical Social Democratic Party Opposition Agreement Socialist Party of the Czechoslovak Working People

v t e previous ← Candidates in the 2003 Czech presidential election → following
Winner	Václav Klaus (ODS)
First Ballot	Jaroslav Bureš (ČSSD) Václav Klaus (ODS) Miroslav Kříženecký (KSČM) Petr Pithart (KDU–ČSL, US–DEU)
Second Ballot	Václav Klaus (ODS) Jaroslava Moserová (ODA, KDU–ČSL, US–DEU) Miloš Zeman (ČSSD)
Third Ballot	Václav Klaus (ODS) Jan Sokol (ČSSD, KDU–ČSL, US–DEU)
ČSSD primaries	Jaroslav Bureš Otakar Motejl Martin Potůček Miloš Zeman

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Stanislav Gross (2004–2005)
Minister of Labour and social affairs Deputy Prime minister	Zdeněk Škromach
Minister of Justice Deputy Prime minister	Pavel Němec
Minister of Transportation Deputy Prime minister	Milan Šimonovský
Deputy Prime minister for Economics	Martin Jahn
Minister of Finance	Bohuslav Sobotka
Minister of Regional development	Jiří Paroubek
Minister of the Environment	Libor Ambrozek
Minister of Interior	František Bublan
Minister of Informatics	Vladimír Mlynář
Minister of Industry and Trade	Milan Urban
Minister of Health	Milada Emmerová
Minister of Agriculture	Jaroslav Palas
Minister of Culture	Pavel Dostál
Minister of Defence	Karel Kühnl
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Cyril Svoboda
Minister of Education, Youth and Physical training	Petra Buzková
Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the legislative council	Jaroslav Bureš

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Miloš Zeman (1998–2002)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Deputy Prime minister	Vladimír Špidla
Minister of Industry and Trade Deputy Prime minister	Miroslav Grégr
Minister of Foreign Affairs Deputy Prime minister	Jan Kavan
Minister of coordinating foreign, interior and defense Deputy Prime minister	Egon Lánský
Deputy Prime minister	Pavel Mertlík
Chairman of the Government Legislative Council Deputy Prime minister	Pavel Rychetský
Minister of Justice	Otakar Motejl Pavel Rychetský Jaroslav Bureš
Minister for Regional Development	Jaromír Císař Petr Lachnit
Minister of Health	Ivan David Bohumil Fišer
Minister of Culture	Pavel Dostál
Minister for the Interior	Václav Grulich Stanislav Gross
Minister of Environment	Miloš Kužvart
Minister of Transport	Antonín Peltrám Jaromír Schling
Minister of Finance	Ivo Svoboda Pavel Mertlík Jiří Rusnok
Minister of Defence	Vladimír Vetchý Jaroslav Tvrdík
Minister of Education	Eduard Zeman
Minister of Agriculture	Jan Fencl
Minister without Portfolio	Jaroslav Bašta Karel Březina