Richard Sacher
{{Short description|Czech politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Richard Sacher
| office1 = Czechoslovak Interior Minister
| termstart1 = 30 December 1989
| termend1 = 27 June 1990
| predecessor1 = František Pinc
| successor1 = Ján Langoš
| office2 = Member of the Federal Assembly
| termstart2 = 7 June 1990
| termend2 = 4 June 1992
| birth_date = 1 September 1942
| birth_place = Úpice, Czechoslovakia
| death_date = 27 February 2014 (aged 71)
| death_place = Červený Kostelec, Czech Republic
| party = Czechoslovak People's Party
}}
Richard Sacher (1 September 1942 – 27 February 2014) was a Czech politician and civil servant. He was the first post-Communist Interior Minister of Czechoslovakia for a year. He served from 1989 through 1990. He was also a member of the federal assembly for two years. In 2000, Sacher ran for the Senate, but lost the election.
Sacher died on 27 February 2014 in a hospice in Červený Kostelec, Czech Republic, aged 71.{{cite web |title=Zemřel Richard Sacher. Muž, který zrušil StB|url=https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/clanek/zemrel-richard-sacher-muz-ktery-zrusil-stb-220334|publisher=Novinky.cz|language=cs|date=2014-02-27|access-date=2021-09-25}}
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Category:Ministers of the interior of Czechoslovakia
Category:Czechoslovak politicians
Category:People from Trutnov District
Category:Charles University alumni
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