Vladimír Mečiar is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia three times,from 1990 to 1991,from 1992 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1998. He was the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS-HZDS). Mečiar led Slovakia during the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992–93 and was one of the leading presidential candidates in Slovakia in 1999 and 2004. He has been criticized by his opponents as well as by Western political organisations for having an autocratic style of administration and for his connections to organized crime and his years in government became infamously known as Mečiarizmus.
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia,occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students and older dissidents. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia,and the subsequent dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic.
Charter 77 was an informal civic initiative in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1976 to 1992,named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. Founding members and architects were JiříNěmec,Václav Benda,Ladislav Hejdánek,Václav Havel,Jan Patočka,Zdeněk Mlynář,JiříHájek,Martin Palouš,Pavel Kohout,and Ladislav Lis. Spreading the text of the document was considered a political crime by the Czechoslovak government. After the 1989 Velvet Revolution,many of members of the initiative played important roles in Czech and Slovak politics.
KDU-ČSL,often shortened to lidovci is a Christian-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. The party has taken part in almost every Czech government since 1990. In the June 2006 legislative election,the party won 7.2% of the vote and 13 out of 200 seats;but in the 2010 election,its vote share dropped to 4.4% and they lost all of its 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 previously dropping out.
The Civic Forum was a political movement in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia,established during the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The corresponding movement in Slovakia was called Public Against Violence.
The SNK European Democrats is a political party in the Czech Republic,led by Zdeňka Marková. The first regular chairperson of this party was Jana Hybášková. The party was created in January 2006 by the merger of two Czech political parties –SNK Union of Independents,led by the former Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec,and the European Democrats,led by Jan Kasl,the former Mayor of the City of Prague.
This article gives an overview of liberalism in the Czech lands. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support,mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it is not necessary that parties label themselves as a liberal party.
Public Against Violence was a political movement established in Bratislava,Slovakia in November 1989. It was the Slovak counterpart of the Czech Civic Forum.
Marián Čalfa is a Slovak former politician,who served as prime minister of Czechoslovakia during and after the Velvet Revolution in 1989,as well as de facto acting President for 19 days. He was a key figure in the smooth transfer of power from Communist rule to democracy.
Cyril Svoboda is a Czech politician,who was leader of the Christian and Democratic Union –Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) in 2001–2003 and 2009–2010,and a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 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.
JiříParoubek is a Czech politician,who was the prime minister of the Czech Republic from April 2005 to August 2006. He was also the leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) from 2006 until his resignation following the 2010 legislative election.
Jan Zahradil is a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) who has been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the Czech Republic entered the European Union in 2004. Zahradil also served as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1998 to 2004.
Josef Zieleniec is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament. From 2004,was a member of the SNK European Democrats (SNK-ED). In the European Parliament,he was a member of the European People's Party and served on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Zieleniec is currently a lecturer at the Prague academic center of New York University.
The Party for the Open Society is a minor social liberal political party in the Czech Republic.
Martin Bursík is a Czech politician. Bursík has twice served as Minister of the Environment and is also former chairman of the Green Party.
The Mayors and Independents,abbreviated to STAN,is a liberal political party in the Czech Republic that is focused on localism and subsidiarity. The party grew out of four minor parties,including Independent Mayors for the Region,which allied itself with the liberal-conservative SNK European Democrats,and cooperated with the similarly liberal-conservative TOP 09 until 2016. It holds 33 seats in the Chamber of Deputies,and is the third strongest party by number of seats following the 2021 election.
Ivan Pilip is a Czech politician and economist who was finance minister from June 1997 to July 1998,after having been the Minister of Education,Youth and Sport from 1994 to 1997.
The 2002 Prague municipal election was held as part of 2002 Czech municipal elections. It was held on 1 and 2 November 2002. Civic Democratic Party has won the election and Pavel Bém became the Mayor of Prague.
The 1998 Prague municipal election was held as part of 1998 Czech municipal elections. Civic Democratic Party has received highest number of votes and formed coalition with Czech Social Democratic Party. Jan Kasl became mayor of Prague.
