Jan Beránek was born on November 11, 1970. He is a Czech

Czech Republic

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 ecological activist, politician, employee of Greenpeace

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 and member and former chairmain of Czech Green Party

Green Party (Czech Republic)

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. He focuses on fight against nuclear energy

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He studied physics

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 at The Univerzity of Jan Evangelista Purkyne in Brno

Brno

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 from 1988 to 1990. Later, from 1993 to 1995 he studied sociology

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 at The Masaryk's Univerzita at Brno

Brno

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. He became vocal green activist, and between 2002 and 2005 he was elected as the head of The Czech Green Party

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The Green Party is a political party in the Czech Republic.The party was founded in February 1990 but for a long time it struggled to obtain significant influence in Czech politics. In the 2002 legislative election the party received 2.4% of the vote...

. He was succeeded by Martin Bursík

Martin Bursík

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He currently works as expert at Greenpeace International

Greenpeace

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 at Amsterdam

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where he coordinates global fight against climate change.