Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election, 2003

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Candidate Miroslav Kalousek Cyril Svoboda
Electoral vote 164 135
Percentage 54.6% 43.6
leader of KDU-ČSL before election

Cyril Svoboda

Elected leader of KDU-ČSL

Miroslav Kalousek

A leadership election for Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) was held on 8 November 2003. The incumbent leader Cyril Svoboda was unexpectedly defeated by Miroslav Kalousek. [1] [2]

Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak Peoples Party Czech political party

The Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (Czech: Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová, KDU–ČSL, often shortened to lidovci is a Christian-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. The party took part in almost every Czech Government since 1990. In the June 2006 election, the party won 7.2% of the vote and 13 out of 200 seats; but in the 2010 election, this dropped to 4.4% and they lost all their seats. The party regained its parliamentary standing in the 2013 legislative election, winning 14 seats in the new parliament, thereby becoming the first party ever to return to the Chamber of Deputies after dropping out.

Miroslav Kalousek Czech politician

Miroslav Kalousek is a Czech politician, former leader of KDU-ČSL and TOP 09, and has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) since 1998. He served twice as Finance Minister in the cabinets of Mirek Topolánek and then again from 2010 to 2013 in the government of Petr Nečas.

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Candidates

Cyril Svoboda Czech politician

Cyril Svoboda is a Czech politician, who was leader of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) from 2001–2003 and 2009–2010, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1998–2010. During his political career he held several ministerial positions, including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He founded the Diplomatic Academy in Prague in 2011 and is currently lecturing at several universities in Prague.

Czech Social Democratic Party Czech political party

The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. It holds 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies following the 2017 legislative election, losing 35 seats. The party has been led by Jan Hamáček since 2018. It has been a junior coalition party within a minority cabinet since June 2018, and was a senior coalition party from 1998 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017.

Vladimír Špidla Czech minister of labour and social affairs of the CR, vice prime minister of the Czech Republic, member of Czech Parliament (1996–2006) and prime minister of the CR

Vladimír Špidla is a Czech politician who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from July 2002 to June 2004 and as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities from November 2004 to February 2010. He also served as chief adviser to Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017.

Result

Candidate 1st round 2nd round
Miroslav Kalousek 135 (45.1%) 164 (54.6%)
Cyril Svoboda 116 (38.7%) 135 (43.6%)
Jaromír Talíř 22 (7.3%) -
Libor Ambrozek 20 (6.6%) -

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References

  1. ↑ "Novým šéfem lidovců se stal Kalousek". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kalousek je novým šéfem lidovců". iDNES.cz. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kalousek chce srazit Svobodu z trůnu". iDNES.cz. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kalousek". iDNES.cz. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Profil nového předsedy KDU-ČSL Miroslava Kalouska". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chci šéfovat lidovcům, potvrdil Ambrozek". iDNES.cz. 8 September 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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