Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election, 2006

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Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election, 2006
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Candidate Jiří Čunek Vlasta Parkanová Adolf Jílek
Electoral vote 182 82 25
Percentage 60.7% 27.3% 8.3%
  Jiri Karas.jpg
Candidate Jiří Karas
Electoral vote 11
Percentage 3.7%
leader of KDU-ČSL before election

Jan Kasal (acting)

Elected leader of KDU-ČSL

Jiří Čunek

A leadership election for Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) was held on 27 May 2017. Mayor of Vsetín Jiří Čunek became leader of KDU-ČSL when he defeated Vlasta Parkanová. [1] The incumbent leader Miroslav Kalousek

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.

Jiří Čunek Czech minister of regional development of the CR, vice prime minister of the Czech Republic, senator of Czech Parliament and mayor

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Vlasta Parkanová Czech politician

Vlasta Parkanová, née Trnovcová is a Czech politician who served from January 2007 to May 2009 as the Minister of Defence and shortly as Minister of Justice between 1997 and 1998. She was Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1997 to 2013.

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Background

Miroslav Kalousek resigned as leader of the party in August 2006 after he started negotiations with Czech Social Democratic Party about coalition supported by Communist Party. [2] Jan kasal then became acting leader. Kasal refused to run. [3] Senator and Mayor of Vsetín Jiří Čunek announced candidature for the position of leader on 23 November 2006. [4] Both candidates introduced their positions on 25 November in Brno. While Čunek's speech was met with applause, Jílek received only lukewarm reactions. [5] Jiří Karas and Vlasta Parkanová announced their candidature on 27 November 2006. [6] [7]

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.

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.

Candidates

Petr Pithart Czech politician, lawyer and political scientist

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Results

Candidate Votes %
Jiří Čunek 182 60.67
Vlasta Parkanová 82 27.33
Adolf Jílek 25 8.33
Jiří Karas 11 3.67
Total300100

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References

  1. ↑ "Čunek byl zvolen novým předsedou KDU-ČSL". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kalousek rezignoval na funkci předsedy poslanců KDU-ČSL". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vedení lidovců na Vysočině chce v čele strany Parkanovou". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 30 August 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "O funkci předsedy KDU-ČSL mají zájem senátoři Čunek a Jílek". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Parkanová se zřejmě přidá k Jílkovi proti Čunkovi". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Tvrdý odpůrce potratů Karas chce vést lidovce". iDNES.cz. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Parkanová ohlásila kandidaturu na šéfku strany". iDNES.cz. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Čunek bude kandidovat na předsedu KDU-ČSL | Domov". Lidovky.cz. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Čunek má soupeře, vést lidovce chce i Jílek". Lidovky.cz. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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  12. ↑ "Kalousek se vrací. Skrze Parkanovou". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 28 November 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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