I believe that democracy and decency prevail
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Ivan Junášek was born on 7 April 1955 in a working family in Nový Jičín. Since his childhood he devoted himself to sport and music. He played the piano, guitar, double bass and sang. He was one of the founding members of the Entuziasté group. He was a member of the pioneer, the Scout troop and the Socialist Youth Union. He studied geography and physical education at the Faculty of Education in Olomouc. After unfinished studies he rode for several years with train mail. In 1987 - 1992 he worked as a dramaturge for the J-club in Nový Jičín. He signed the petition Several Sentences. In November 1989 he helped organize the Velvet Revolution in Nový Jičín. He was a member of the coordination committee of the Civic Forum. From 1992 to 2000 he worked as a journalist in the weekly Region. At the end of the second milenium he became head of the waste collection center in Technical Services Nový Jičín, where he worked until his retirement.
