Ivana Maria Zelnickova, later Ivana Trump, grew up in the city of Zlin, about 300 km from Prague
The daughter of former US President Donald Trump, Ivanka, received a Czech state award in honor of her late mother, Ivana, who had immigrated to the United States in the 1970s but maintained close ties to the country of her birth.
Czech President Milos Zemas honored Ivana Trump, who died aged 73 in Julylast night along with others including tennis player Ivan Lendl, anti-Nazi resistance fighter Joseph Masin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
A representative from the Ukrainian embassy in Prague accepted the award on Zelensky’s behalf.
Ivanka Trump, who was accompanied by her husband Jared Kushner and her older brother Donald Jr., met privately with the Czech president before the ceremony held at Prague Castle.
Ivana Maria Zelnicova, later Ivana Trump, grew up in the town of Zlin, about 300 km from Prague. She met Donald Trump on a modeling trip to New York in 1976 and became his first wife when they married nine months later.
The couple had three children and divorced in 1992, with Ivana credited with the construction of a number of buildings bearing Trump’s name, including Trump Tower.
Ivana Trump told CBS in 2017 that Trump had offered her the position of US ambassador to the Czech Republic, but she declined the offer.
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