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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