Mirek Topolánek nasceu o 15 de maio de 1956 em Vsetín, Czechoslovakia [agora Czech Republic]. É casado com Lucie Talmanová e tem um filho. Foi casado com Pavla Topolánková.
Mirek Topolánek was Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009. A member of the Civic Democratic Party, he was chairman of the center-right party between November 2002 and March 2010, succeeding Václav Klaus, who was elected President in 2003.