Former Czech Republic Prime Minister Stanislav Gross passed away on 16 April 2015. Public television says he had been battling illness. Gross is survived by wife Sarka and two daughters.

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• About Stanislav Gross
  •  Stanislav Gross was the youngest PM of Czech Republic and was elected in July 2004 at the age of 34.
  • He had led the Social Democrat government as PM for one year i.e. till 2005.
  •  Prior to becoming PM he had served as interior minister from 2000 to 2004 in two governments, including under Milos Zeman, who is now president of Czech Republic.
  • He had joined the Social Democratic party (SDP) in 1989 and was elected for first time to Czech Republic’s parliament in 1992.
  • Stanislav Gross was born on 30 October 1969 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
  • He resigned nine months later after weeks of political crisis sparked by a scandal over the financing of his luxury apartment.
  • He died at the age of 45.