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Stanislav Gross (born October 30, 1969 in Prague) is the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. A member of the Czech Social Democratic Party, Gross became Prime Minister on July 26 2004, when Vladimír Špidla resigned.

Gross studied at the industrial school, specializing in electric traction, and shortly worked for the Czechoslovakian state railways company (České dráhy). After the 1989 Velvet Revolution, Gross become member of the Social Democratic party. After heading the young social democrats from 1990 to 1992, Gross became the interior minister of the Czech Republic on April 5, 2000, and deputy prime minister on July 15, 2002, when the government of Špidla took office. During his political career he studied at the Law faculty of Charles University in Prague 1993-1999.

After his appointment as Prime Minister Gross kept the post of interior minister until August 4, 2004, when he rearranged the cabinet and chose Frantisek Bublan to replace him at the ministry.

In the November elections, his party suffered a major loss.

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