Jiří Hynek
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Jiří Hynek | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1960 |
| Citizenship | Czech |
| Party | REAL |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Occupation | Manager |
Jiří Hynek (born 20 December 1960) is a Czech business manager and politician, who is currently the chair of the Defence and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic. He was a member of the Realists party,[1][2] standing as the party's candidate in the 2018 presidential election and finishing sixth of nine candidates. He later stood in the 2021 legislative election as a candidate for Přísaha.
Hynek studied at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague in the 1980s. After his studies he worked for a number of Czech companies before becoming a business manager.[3]
In 2011, Hynek became the new Chairman of the Association for Weapons and Defense Industry of the Czech Republic.[1] In 2016 Hynek co-founded a new political party, the Realists.[4]