Miloslav Rechcigl, Sr. (1902–1973) was a Czech politician, miller, business executive and editor for Radio Free Europe. He was born in Chocňejovice, a village in the Mladá Boleslav District of the Kingdom of Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) on May 13, 1904. Rechcigl was an active member of the Agrarian Party in Czechoslovakia before the World War II. In 1935 he was elected to the Czechoslovak Parliament as its youngest member.