Background
Risko, Jan was born on February 6, 1930 in Luky, Czech Republic. Son of Anton and Julia (Krcmierova) Risko.
Risko, Jan was born on February 6, 1930 in Luky, Czech Republic. Son of Anton and Julia (Krcmierova) Risko.
Graduate, University Political and Economic Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Charles University, 1975.
Editor Mlada Fronta, Prague, 1953—1956. Foreign department manager SMENA, Bratislava, Czech Republic, 1956—1959, PRAVDA, Bratislava, 1960—1967. Branch manager CTK, Moscow, 1967—1969.
General director Czechoslovak Radio, Prague, since 1970. Candidate, 1981—1986. Member central committee Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Prague, 1986.
Deputy to house of people Federal Assembly, Prague, 1971—1986. Deputy to house nations, 1986. Presidium member National Front Central Committee, Prague, 1983.
Group member Interparliamentary Union, Prague, 1971.
Member of Czechoslovak Union Journalists (president 1983), Slovak Culture Club (honorary chairman since 1977).
Married Katerina Duzekova, June 2, 1954.