Ján Langoš

Who was Ján Langoš?

Ján Langoš was a Slovak politician associated with the Democratic Party. He was one of the key dissidents during the Communist time in former Czechoslovakia. He served as a Minister at Department of Home Affairs of former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, appointed by president Vaclav Havel. After the split of Czechoslovakia he was a member of Parliament and established the Democratic Party. After many years of conviction he succeeded in establishing the Nation's Memory Institute. After finding documentations of crimes of several influential people and trying to open these to public, he died in a car accident.

The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet was awarded the Ján Langoš Human Rights award in Bratislava, Slovakia by Jan Langos Foundation on 9 September 2009. The Foundation was established by his wife, Gabriela Langosova and his two daughters, Nina and Bipula.