Jaroslav Bašta

Jaroslav Bašta (15 May 1948 – 7 April 2024) was a Czech politician and diplomat. He was a signatory of Charter 77.^[1] Between 1998 and 2000 he served in the cabinet of Miloš Zeman as Minister without portfolio.^[1] Bašta became the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Russia in September 2000.^[2] He served for five years in Russia, later becoming Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ukraine, where he worked for three years until stepping down for health reasons in 2010.^[3]

Jaroslav Bašta
Bašta in 2003
Minister without Portfolio
In office 22 July 1998 – 23 March 2000
Prime Minister	Miloš Zeman
Preceded by	Vladimír Mlynář
Succeeded by	Karel Březina
Czech Republic Ambassador to Russia
In office 19 September 2000 – 2005
President	Václav Havel Václav Klaus
Preceded by	Luboš Dobrovský
Succeeded by	Miroslav Kostelka
Czech Republic Ambassador to Ukraine
In office December 2007 – March 2010
President	Václav Klaus
Preceded by	Karel Štindl
Succeeded by	Ivan Počuch
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 9 October 2021 – 7 April 2024
In office 1 June 1996 – 14 September 2000
Personal details
Born	(1948-05-15)15 May 1948 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Died	8 April 2024(2024-04-08) (aged 75)
Political party	Freedom and Direct Democracy (2021–2024)
Other political affiliations	ČSSD (1994–2019)
Spouse	Dara Baštová
Children	1
Alma mater	Charles University
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In 2021, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD).

On 10 September 2022, SPD announced it would nominate Bašta for the 2023 Czech presidential election.^[4] He was also endorsed by the Tricolour Citizens' Movement^[5] and the Workers' Party of Social Justice (DSSS).^[6] He finished fifth of eight candidates in the first round on 14 January 2023, with 4.45% of the vote.^[7]

Bašta died after a long illness on 7 April 2024, aged 75.^[8][9]

See also

• List of ambassadors of the Czech Republic to Russia

References

1. "Jaroslav Bašta". vlada.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
2. "Velvyslanec Bašta míří na ministerstvo zahraničí". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. 15 August 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. Pecinová, Hana (17 January 2010). "Po aféře s vízy končí velvyslanec Bašta. Důvod? Zdraví". Aktualne.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
4. "Kandidátem hnutí SPD na prezidenta bude poslanec Bašta". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
5. "Jaroslav Bašta – Mír je pro naše politiky sprosté slovo". Tricolour Citizens' Movement (in Czech). 17 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
6. "Tomáš Vandas twitter status". Twitter (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
7. Biben, Martin (14 January 2023). "Bašta v druhém kole nikoho nepodpoří, řekl po porážce. Okamura to chce ještě vyhodnotit". hn.cz (in Czech). Economia. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
8. Vašinová, Jolana. "Zemřel Jaroslav Bašta. Poslanci a bývalému velvyslanci bylo 75 let". iDNES.cz. Mafra. Czech News Agency. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
9. "Jaroslav Bašta". Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2024.