I attended the grammar school in Poděbrady, called King Jiří of Poděbrady Boarding School, which was organized by the principles of scouting
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MVDr. Jiří Soukup was born November 6, 1933 in Městec Králové, where he attended elementary school. In 1943-1951 he studied grammar school in Nový Bydžov. After graduation he continued with the university study of veterinary medicine in Brno. He completed his studies in 1956. Since that time he has been living in Slaný, where he moved after accepting a job placement offered by the Ministry of Agriculture. At that time, his older brother, also a veterinary, had already been living in Slaný for four years. Jiří Soukup still lives in Slaný. In 1945 he joined the Boy Scout troop in Městec Králové for the first time. He was a member till August 1950, when the local organization was absorbed by the Pioneer (Czech communist youth organization - transl.´s note). He renewed his Scout membership for a short time in 1968 in Slaný. The Scout organization was disbanded again in September 1970, and he could thus continue in his work only after 1989, when he took on the leadership of Old Scouts in Slaný after the death of his brother Vladimír. He became a reporter of Junák for Old Scouts in the district organization, and he has attended several international Scout gatherings.
