[1] Václav Klaus, Dušan Tříska, and Ježek became known for their strong support of privatization.
He won election to the Czech National Council in 1990, representing the Civic Forum.
Also that year, Ježek was named a minister without portfolio by Petr Pithart, a position from which he continued to back privatization.
[5][6] Reelected to the National Council's successive legislative body in 1992 under the ODA banner,[2] Ježek defected to the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) in 1995.
He left the Chamber of Deputies upon the end of his term in 1996 and returned to teach at his alma mater.