Václav Klaus
Economist
Prague, 19 June 1941

Foreign member

Department of Social Sciences

 

Membership of SASA
Foreign member since 5 November 2009

Education
BA (1962), PhD (1968); University of Economics in Prague

Career
Institute of Economics of the Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences (1963-1970); Czechoslovak State Bank (1971‒1986); Forecasting Institute of the Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences (1987-1989); University of Economics in Prague, professor (1995‒); minister of finance of Czechoslovakia (1989‒1992); prime minister of the Czech Republic (1992‒1997); president of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. (1998‒2002); president of the Czech Republic. (2003‒2013)

Membership of specialist associations
Mont Pelerin Society; the Cato Institute

Awards and recognitions
45 honorary doctorates;
International Freedom Foundation, New York (1990);
Schumpeter Prize, Vienna (1991);
Walter M. Courtis Prize, Sacred Heart University (1992);
Max Schmidheiny Freedom Price, St. Gallen (1992);
Peutinger Prize, Peutinger-Collegium, Munich (1993);
Ludwig Erhard Prize, Bonn (1993);
Hermann Lindrath Prize, Hannover (1993);
Konrad Adenauer Prize, Prague (1993);
Club of Europe Award, Club of Europe, Berlin (1995);
Le Prix 1994 Transition Award, Foundation du Forum Universale, Crans Montana (1994);
Adam Smith Award, Libertas, Copenhagen (1995);
International Democracy Medal, the Centre for Democracy, Washington (1995);
Transatlantic Leadership Award, European Institute, Washington (1995);
Prognos Award, Prognos Forum, Basel (1995);
James Madison International Award, Madison Institute, Jacksonville (1995);
Karel Engliš Prize, Universitas Masarykiana Foundation, Brno (1995);
European Prize for Craftsmanship and Small Business, Köln (1996);
Goldwater Medal for Economic Freedom, Phoenix, USA (1997);
Bernhard Harms Medal, Kiel Institute (1999);
Great Kennedy Cross, John F. Kennedy University, Buenos Aires (2002);
Distinguished Leader Award, Dallas, USA (2003);
Founder’s Award, The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, (2004);
Prize of the Universitas Masarykiana Foundation, Brno (2004);
European Regional Integration Prize – ERI Prix, Lower Austria Provincial Assembly, Austria (2005);
Dean’s Medal for Distinguished Leadership, Brandeis University, International Business School, United States (2005);
Adam Smith Award, Foundation for Economic Education (2006);
Michal Tošovský Annual Award 2006 – For a Continuous Living Approach and Attitude to Removing Bureaucracy, Prague (2006);
The gold medal of the City of Athens, The Athens City Council, Athens (2006);
Gold medal of the Hellenic Parliament, Athens (2006);
Auslandsösterreicherpreis der Wahlrechtskomitee, Vienna (2007);
US University Presidential Medal, American University of Cairo, Egypt (2008);
Great Gold Medal of the University of Hradec Králové, University of Hradec Králové (2008);
Julian Simon Prize, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, USA (2008);
Columbia Award, Washington Policy Centre, Washington, USA (2008);
Barry Goldwater Award for Liberty, Goldwater Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (2008);
Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation International Freiburg Award, Freiburg (2009);
Gold Peutinger’s Medal, Peutinger Collegium, Munich (2009);
Legion of Liberty Award, Instituto de Pensamiento Estratégico Ágora A.C. and Institut Cultural Ludwig von Mises A.C. (Mexico), Prague (2009);
Polák Award, Prague (2009);
Grand Cross Order, Cámara de Comercio de Lima, Lima (2009);
Erwin Kisch Award for Nonfiction, Prague (2010);
The Golden Arrow Lifetime Achievement Award, Vienna Congress Com.Sult, Vienna (2011);
Annual Award of the Association of Entrepreneurs of Slovakia (2012);
Slovak Matrix Award (2013);
Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Washington (2013);
Hillsdale Freedom Leadership Award, Hillsdale College, Michigan (2013);
„Una Vida por la Libertad“, Caminos de la Libertad, Mexico City (2013);
International Leontief Medal for Contribution to Economic Reforms, Leontief Centre, St. Petersburg (2014);
Commemorative Medal for Contribution to Economic Theory and Economic Reality, University of Economics in Bratislava (2014);
Yegor Gaidar Award, Yegor Gaidar Foundation, Moscow (2014);
Egon Ervin Kisch International Award, Nonfiction Authors’ Club, Letohrad (2016);
Cross of Merit, Czech Union of Freedom Fighters, Prague (2016);
European Freedom Award, Stockholm (2016);
The Jagiellonian Prize, Jagiellońskie College – Toruń (2017);
Premio Impegno Civico Award, Impegno Civico Association, Bologna (2017);
The Petofi Prize, The Twenty-first Century Institute, Budapest (2018)