Biography
Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) is a Czech, formerly Czechoslovak, politician and diplomat, as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, and with the entry of the Czech Republic and Slovakia into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union. Remek was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2013 for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. From 2014 to 2018, he was the Czech Ambassador to Russia.
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GenderMale
Birthday1948-09-26 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceČeské Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
FatherJozef Remek
CitizenshipsCzech Republic
Awardshonorary citizen of Prague, Order of Klement Gottwald, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union
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