view". Notable alumni Masaryk University has over 170,000 alumni, some of the notable ones are listed here. The most accomplished scientists include astronomer Jiří Grygar and Luboš Kohoutek, mathematician Otakar Borůvka and František Wolf, psychiatrist Leo Eitinger, sociologist Miloslav Petrusek, paediatric geneticist Renata Laxova and anthropologist Jaroslav Malina. Paleontologist Josef Augusta, who together with illustrator Zdeněk Burian created accurate reconstructions representing all forms of prehistoric life. Neurologist Michal Vytopil also attended the university. Alumni politicians include former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Nečas, former Governor of South Moravian Region Michal Hašek, former Minister of Health Tomáš Julínek or as of 2014, the leader of Czech Green Party Ondřej Liška. Politician, dissident, human rights activist Jaroslav Šabata also studied there. Martin Palouš is Permanent Representative to the United Nations of the Czech republic (2006– ), before he was Ambassador to the United States for the Czech Republic between 2001 and 2005. Alumni also include director František Vláčil, playwright Milan Uhde, composer Antonín Tučapský and poets Jan Skácel and Ivan Blatný. Athlete Šárka Kašpárková and ice hockey players Jiří Holík and Josef Augusta also attended the university. Notable faculty Roman Jakobson (1896–1982) – linguist and literary theorist Jaroslav Krejčí (1892–1956) – lawyer and Prime Minister of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Matyáš Lerch (1860–1922) – mathematician Eduard Čech (1893–1960) – mathematician Ladislav Skula (1937) – mathematician Arne Novák (1880–1939) – literary historian Antonín Bartoněk (1926–2016) – linguist (ancient Greek) Albert Kutal (1904–1976) – Art historian Emanuela Nohejlová-Prátová (1900–1995) – numismatist and museum curator Felix Maria Davídek (1921–1988) – Secret bishop (underground catholic church) František Vláčil 1924–1999) – Film director Bohuslav Sobotka (1971) – Lawyer, Prime Minister Petr Horálek (1986) – Astronomer, Astrophotographer, Artist Tomáš Špidlík (1919–2010) – cardinal, theologian-important thinker in 20th Catholicism, personal spiritual exorcist of Pope John Paul II. Zdeněk Měřínský (1948–2015) – archeologist See also List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) List of Czech universities Footnotes External links Masaryk University News Portal Masaryk University – study programs Universities in the Czech Republic Education in Brno Organizations based in Brno Educational institutions established in 1919 Public universities Masaryk University Faculty of Law (Brno, 1919) Buildings and structures in Brno 1919 establishments in Czechoslovakia