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Jiří Navrátil | |
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| Born | (1923-09-10)10 September 1923 |
| Died | 16 January 2017(2017-01-16) (aged 93) |
Jiří Navrátil (10 September 1923 – 16 January 2017) was aCzech translator, journalist, political prisoner of the Communist regime andScout who served as the President ofJunák, the Czech national Scout and Guide association.
Navrátil was born inGermany where his father was a consul. In 1937 he became a Scout inPrague. He was arrested and held several months by the Gestapo duringWorld War II. In 1949, he tried to oppose theCommunist takeover of Czechoslovakia with other Scouts. Along withDagmar Skálová, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and was released in 1960.
He took part in the renewal of Scouting inCzechoslovakia in 1968. Following the third renewal of Scouting in 1989, Navrátil became a member of the Central Committee of Junák and, later on in 1992, was elected to serve as a President of Junák. He stayed on to serve as a vice-president of Junák from early 2000s until his death in 2017.
During thePrague Spring in 1968, Navrátil was one of the refounders of Junák, the Czech Scout movement, which was suppressed again in 1970. Following theVelvet Revolution in 1989, he became one of the main Leaders of the third restoration of Junák.
He was one of the facilitators of the 1999 10th European Conference of Guiding and Scouting in Prague, in which PresidentVáclav Havel gave the opening speech.
In 2002, Navrátil was awarded the 292ndBronze Wolf, the only distinction of theWorld Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.[1][2]
Jiří Navrátil was married to Běla Navrátilová, née. Válková, they had one son named Tomáš. Navrátil was one of the founders of the Masaryk Democratic Movement in Prague in November 1989.[3]
Navrátil died on 16 January 2017 at the age of 93.[4]
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