Milan Balabán

Milan Balabán studied at Protestant Theological Faculty – Charles University. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is Protestant theology, religious studies and poetry. Places of work recorded in the authority are Prague. Employment is recorded with Charles University, Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren and Tomas Baťa University in Zlín. Distinctions recorded are Czech Medal of Merit and participant in the resistance and resistance against communism.

Balabán was born on 3 September 1929 in the village of Boratyn, Tarnopol Voivodeship, Poland (now located in present-day Ukraine). He graduated from the Protestant Theological Faculty (Evangelická teologická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy) at Charles University and became a minister in the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. Balabán joined the Nová orientace (New Orientation), a group of Protestant Evangelical theologians and clergy which advocated for democratic reforms in Czechoslovakia, during the 1950s. He continued to push for democratic reforms throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as an anti-communist dissident. As a result, the communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic authorities revoked his license to serve as a clergyman in 1974. He was forced to work manual labor jobs, which included time in the Prague city sewer system. Balabán signed the Charter 77, which called for human rights and democratic reforms in Czechoslovakia. Milan Balabán died on 4 January 2019 in Libice nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic, at the age of 89.

The authorities additionally record the heading Milan Balaban. His recorded language was Czech. His recorded confession was Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. He was the child of Antonín Balabán. Other recorded relations include Daniel Balabán and Jan Balabán.

Milan Balabán is recorded as having received Czech Medal of Merit and participant in the resistance and resistance against communism.