Mirek Topolánek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪrɛk ˈtopolaːnɛk]) (born 15 May 1956) is a Czech politician and business manager who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009. He was Leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) from November 2002 to April 2010. From 2006 to 2009, Topolánek was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Prague and from 1996 to 2004 Senator from Ostrava. Currently, Topolánek works in the electronics industry.On 24 March 2009, Topolánek announced his resignation as Prime Minister and that of his governing coalition, after it lost a no-confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies. He remained in office until 8 May, at which point Jan Fischer took office as an independent Prime Minister leading an interim caretaker government. Wikipedia