Josef Jařab

Josef Jařab
Jařab in 2019
Member of the Senate of the Czech Republic
In office
19 November 2000 – 19 November 2006
Preceded byJan Voráček
Succeeded byVáclav Vlček
ConstituencySenate District No. 68 – Opava
In office
23 November 1996 – 23 November 1998
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byFrantišek Mezihorák
ConstituencySenate District No. 61 – Olomouc
Rector of Palacký University Olomouc
In office
19 January 1990 – 31 January 1997
Preceded byJaromír Kolařík
Succeeded byLubomír Dvořák
Personal details
Born(1937-07-26)26 July 1937
Died3 May 2023(2023-05-03) (aged 85)
Olomouc, Czech Republic
PartyODA
OccupationProfessor
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Josef Jařab (26 July 1937 – 3 May 2023) was a Czech academic and politician. Rector of and professor at Palacký University Olomouc, and a member of the Civic Democratic Alliance, he served in the Senate from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2006.

In 2018 he was awarded The VIZE 97 Prize and Czech President Petr Pavel awarded him the Medal of Merit. Jařab died in Olomouc on 3 May 2023, at the age of 85.