Jan Kasl

Jan Kasl (born 31 December 1951) is a Czech politician and former Mayor of the City of Prague and one of the leaders of the SNK European Democrats. Biography Kasl was born in 1951 in Prague. He studied architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague from 1970 to 1976. After graduation he worked as an architect for a cooperative housing enterprise. After the Velvet revolution he founded his own architectural company, that he left after he became mayor of Prague in 1998. He is married for the second time with journalist Terezie Jungrová, his former media consultant and granddaughter of Ferdinand Peroutka. He has three daughters from his first marriage and two grandchildren. Kasl is a Member of the Prague Society for International Cooperation, a respected NGO that stemmed from the Underground movement fighting Communism. The Society continues to fight corruption and help to forge a new generation of leaders in Central Europe. The Prague Society is a partner of the Global Panel Foundation.