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Otto John Jelinek (born May 20, 1940) is a
businessman and former figure skater and
Canada|Canadian politician.

Jelinek's family fled to Canada from
Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the
Cold War. He and his sister, Maria Jelinek|Maria,
became figure skaters and achieved prominence in
1962 when they won the gold medal at the World
Figure Skating Championships that was held that
year in Jelinek's birthplace of Prague. The pair
had been warned not to return, but did so anyway. 
They were the first to perform lifts with several
rotations, and also performed side-by-side double
jumps.

After a time in business, Otto Jelinek entered
politics and was elected in the Canadian federal
election, 1972|1972 election to the Canadian House
of Commons|House of Commons as the Progressive
Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive
Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for High
Park-Humber Valley in Metropolitan Toronto. He was
re-elected in Canadian federal election,
1974|1974. In 1979, he switched to the riding of
Halton (electoral district)|Halton, where he ran
and won in the Canadian federal election,
1979|1979 federal election. 

When the Tories formed government after the
Canadian federal election, 1984|1984 election,
Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney appointed Jelinek to Canadian
Cabinet|Cabinet as Minister of State
(Canada)|Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur
Sport, and the Minister responsible for
Multiculturalism. 

In 1988, he was named to Minister of Supply and
Services (Canada)|Minister of Supply and Services,
and later, Minister of National Revenue
(Canada)|Minister of National Revenue. Jelinek
left politics after Mulroney retired, and did not
run in the Canadian federal election, 1993|1993
election. 

In politics, Jelinek was considered a right-wing
conservative, and a staunch
anti-Communism|anti-Communist. 

In 1994, he moved to the Czech Republic, and
became Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Deloitte & Touche Central Europe, and Chairman and
Managing Partner of the firm in the Czech
Republic.



Preceded
by:
Walter Deakon, Liberal Party of
Canada|Liberal
Members of
Parliament from High Park—Humber Valley
Succeeded
by:
Riding abolished in 1976


Preceded
by:
Frank Philbrook, Liberal Party of
Canada|Liberal
Members of
Parliament from Halton (electoral
district)|Halton
Succeeded
by:
Riding abolished in 1987


Preceded
by:
electoral district created in 1987
Members of
Parliament from Oakville—Milton
Succeeded
by:
Bonnie Brown, Liberal Party of
Canada|Liberal