Josef Jařab

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.^[1]

Josef Jařab
Jařab in 2019
Member of the Senate of the Czech Republic
In office 19 November 2000 – 19 November 2006
Preceded by	Jan Voráček [cs]
Succeeded by	Václav Vlček [cs]
Constituency	Senate District No. 68 – Opava [cs]
In office 23 November 1996 – 23 November 1998
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	František Mezihorák [cs]
Constituency	Senate District No. 61 – Olomouc [cs]
Rector of Palacký University Olomouc
In office 19 January 1990 – 31 January 1997
Preceded by	Jaromír Kolařík
Succeeded by	Lubomír Dvořák
Personal details
Born	(1937-07-26)26 July 1937 Kravaře, Czechoslovakia
Died	3 May 2023(2023-05-03) (aged 85) Olomouc, Czech Republic
Nationality	Czech
Political party	ODA
Occupation	Professor

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.^[2]

See also

• List of presidents and rectors of Central European University