Otto Jelinek
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| Minister of National Revenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 30, 1989 – June 24, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Elmer MacKay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Garth Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Oakville—Milton (Halton; 1979–1988) (High Park—Humber Valley; 1972–1979) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office October 30, 1972 – October 25, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Riding established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bonnie Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Otakar Jelínek May 20, 1940 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Progressive Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Skating club | Oakville Skating Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Otto John Jelinek PC (Czech: Otakar Jelínek; born May 20, 1940) is a businessman, former figure skater, and Canadian politician. Jelinek's family fled to Switzerland, then to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948, following the Communist coup d'état when communists nationalized his father's cork and aluminium caps factory. Jelinek was appointed as ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic in August 2013.