Jiří Hájek

Professor
Jiří Hájek
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia
In office
8 April 1968  19 September 1968
Preceded byVáclav David
Succeeded byOldřich Černík (acting)
Personal details
Born(1913-05-06)6 May 1913
Krhanice, Benešov, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died22 October 1993(1993-10-22) (aged 80)
Prague, Czech Republic
Political partyCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia
ProfessionLawyer, diplomat, political scientist
AwardsCharles University

Jiří Hájek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈɦaːjɛk]; 6 June 1913 in Krhanice near Benešov – 22 October 1993 in Prague) was a Czech politician and diplomat. Together with Václav Havel, Zdeněk Mlynář, and Pavel Kohout, Hájek was one of the founding members and architects of Charter 77.