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Vladimír Brabec (* 1924  †︎ 2023)

• born on May 1, 1924 in Netvořice

• family moved to Prague

• graduated from Edvard Beneš Grammar School in Dejvice, Prague (1936-1943)

• in the summer of 1943 took up the theological college and was ordained a deacon of the Czechoslovak Church

• in January 1944 he was totally deployed to factories in Germany, where he fled in autumn 1944

• in May 1945 participated in the Prague uprising and liberation of Prague

• In 1945 - 1948 he studied at the Faculty of Huss, where he became a lecturer

• in 1949 completed his stay in Paris as a scholarship holder of the French government

• in 1949-1969 employed in ČTK, since 1956 as head of foreign-economic editorial office

• after the occupation of ČTK on August 22, 1968 helped organize broadcasting of CTK news abroad

• in 1969 released from ČTK

• until 1989 worked as an economist in a municipal services company

• in 1990 co-founder of Hospodářské noviny

• died on January 9, 2023

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