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2024 KDU–ČSL Leadership Election
A leadership election for KDU-ČSL was held on 18 October 2024. Marek Výborný was elected the new leader. Background Marian Jurečka became leader of the party in 2020. Under his leadership it became part of Spolu alliance which won 2021 parliamentary election and Cabinet of Petr Fiala was formed. KDU-ČSL became part of government. Voting preferences of KDU-ČSL dropped to 2% and Jurečka stated that he will decide whether he wil run for reelection after 2024 European Parliament election and 2024 Czech regional elections. He set up a task to complete if he wants to run for another term. Terms were to reverse the trend of declining preferences, succeed in the European election and succeed in regional and senate elections. He failed to achieve one of these tasks as KDU-ČSL won only 1 seat in European Parliament indstead of 2. Following European Parliament election discussions within the party about new leader started. Discussed candidates included Governor of South Moravian R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Výborný
Marek Výborný (born 10 July 1976) is a Czech politician, who has been serving as the Czech Minister of Agriculture in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since June 2023 and the leader of KDU-ČSL since October 2024. He was also the leader of KDU-ČSL between 2019 and 2020. Výborný resigned on the post on 19 November 2019 after his wife died and he became a single parent for his three children. He left the position on 25 January 2020. Personal life Výborný studied history and theology at Palacký University in Olomouc. Then in 2001 he started at Gymnázium, Pardubice, Mozartova 449, teaching history, basics of social sciences and Latin. From 1 August 2012 until 31 March 2018 he was director of the Mozart Grammar School. Since October 2017 he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic for KDU-ČSL. Marek Výborný is a widower and has three children. His wife Markéta died in 2019. He lives in the town of Heřmanův Městec in the Pardubice regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Grolich
Jan Grolich (born 11 June 1984) is a Czech politician, lawyer and former stand-up comedian. He has served as representative of the municipality of Velatice and chairman of South Moravian Region, respectively since 2010 and 2020. Early life Grolich was born in Brno on 11 June 1984. He completed his law practice in Brno, passing the bar exams already during his mayoralty. Grolich also used to be a stand-up comedian. Political career 2010s In the 2010 Czech municipal elections, Grolich was elected as local candidate, representing the municipality of Velatice for KDU-ČSL. He later became mayor, having defended the mandate of representative in the 2014 and 2018 municipal elections. In the 2022 municipal elections, Grolich ran for council in Velatice from the second-place candidate and eventually defended the mandate of village representative. In the 2016 Czech regional elections, Grolich was elected as a representative of the South Moravian Region for the KDU-ČSL. In the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Červený Kostelec
Červený Kostelec (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,300 inhabitants. Administrative division Červený Kostelec consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Červený Kostelec (5,087) *Bohdašín (213) *Horní Kostelec (662) *Lhota za Červeným Kostelcem (1,207) *Mstětín (34) *Olešnice (618) *Stolín (195) Etymology The word is derived from (i.e. 'church') and meant 'fortified church'. To distinguish it from other municipalities with the same name, the adjective (i.e. 'red') was added in 1876. It referred to the red Permian formation that was uncovered here, and to the coloring of the local stream, which occurred during floods. Geography Červený Kostelec is located about northwest of Náchod and northeast of Hradec Králové. It lies on the border between the Giant Mountains Foothills and Orlické Foothills. The highest point is the hill Končinský kope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Agriculture (Czech Republic)
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic (, MZe) is the central government authority responsible for state administration in agriculture, Water resources, water management, food industry, and forest management. Established under Act No. 2/1969 Coll., it oversees veterinary care, Phytosanitary irradiation, phytosanitary care, food safety, animal welfare, and the protection of plant varieties and animal breeds. Key Responsibilities The ministry is responsible for defining legal regulations for agriculture, forestry, and food production, ensuring alignment with European Union, EU policies and the Common Agricultural Policy. It also manages EU market measures, direct payments, and rural development programs in collaboration with the State Agricultural Intervention Fund. Additionally, it oversees 43 subordinate organizations, including research institutes and non-governmental bodies, and organizes commodity exchanges for agricultural and forestry products. Agricultural Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Labour And Social Affairs (Czech Republic)
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The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic () is a government ministry, which was established in 1969. External links * Czech Republic Labour and Social Affairs Ministries established in 1969 1969 establishments in Czechoslovakia Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Radio
Czech Radio (, ČRo) is the public radio broadcaster of the Czech Republic operating continuously since 1923. It is the oldest national radio broadcaster in continental Europe and the second-oldest in Europe after the BBC. Czech Radio was established in 1992 by the Czech Radio Act, which sets out the framework for its operation and finance. It acts as the successor to the previous state-owned Czechoslovak Radio which ceased to exist by 1992. The service broadcasts throughout the Czech Republic nationally and locally. Its four national services are Radiožurnál, Dvojka, Vltava and Plus. Czech Radio operates twelve nationwide stations and another fourteen regional stations. All ČRo stations broadcast via internet stream, digital via DAB+ and DVB, and part analog via terrestrial transmitters. It is based in Prague in a building in Vinohradská třída. History Czechoslovak era ', then ', was established on 18 May 1923, making its first broadcast from a scout tent in the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Šojdrová
Michaela Šojdrová (born 28 October 1963) is a Czech politician who had served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from July 2014 to July 2024. She is a member of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party. Early life and education She was born in Kroměříž. In 1983 she graduated first from the Gymnasium Kroměříž, then she studied the Faculty of Horticulture of the then University of Agriculture (now Mendel University in Brno), majoring in horticulture and landscape gardening. She graduated in 1987. Career Prior to entering politics, Šojdrová worked at the head office of the Czech School Inspection. She was also employed in various other education administrative roles. From 1996 until 2010 she was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Šojdrová was for two terms a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2024. She served on the Committee on Culture and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Bělobrádek
Pavel Bělobrádek (; born 25 December 1976) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician who served as the leader of Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, KDU-ČSL from 2010 to 2019. Political career 2010–2013 In the 2010 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek was elected as a representative of Náchod, receiving 280 votes. On 8 June 2013, Bělobrádek was re-elected as chairman of KDU-ČSL at the convention in Olomouc, despite opposition from Zuzana Roithová. In the 2013 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek ran as the leader of KDU-ČSL in the Hradec Králové Region. He was subsequently elected chairman of the KDU-ČSL Parliamentary Club. On 27 November 2013, he was elected Deputy Speaker, receiving 133 votes in a secret ballot. In December of the same year, he resigned as chairman of the party's parliamentary club and was succeeded by Marian Jurečka. 2014–2017 In January 2014, Bělobrádek was nominated by KDU-ČSL as their candidate for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seznam Zprávy
Seznam.cz (or Seznam, ''list'' in Czech) is a web portal and search engine in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1996 by Ivo Lukačovič in Prague as the first web portal in the Czech Republic. Seznam started with a search engine and an internet version of yellow pages. Today, Seznam runs almost 30 different web services and associated brands. Seznam had more than 6 million real users per month at the end of 2014. Among the most popular services, according to NetMonitor, are its homepage seznam.cz, email.cz, search.seznam.cz and its yellow pages firmy.cz. In 2008, Seznam.cz was the most used search engine in the Czech Republic. As of May 2012, according to Toplist results, Seznam was the second internet search engine in the Czech Republic (42.84%) with Google in the top spot (54.69%).. By August 2014, still according to Toplist's statistics, Seznam's share of searches had further eroded to 38%. Between 2011 and 2012, Seznam Czech rhyme; ''Seznam - najdu tam, co hledám'' (''Seznam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Hladík (politician)
Petr Hladík (born 28 September 1984) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician who has served as Ministry of the Environment (Czech Republic), Czech Minister of the Environment in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala since March 2023. He served as the deputy chairman of KDU-ČSL from 2019 Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election, March 2019 to 2024 KDU–ČSL leadership election, October 2024. From 2016 until 2023, Hladík was deputy mayor of Brno. He previously served as chairman of the Young Populars from 2012 until 2015. Political career 2010s In the 2010 Czech municipal elections, Hladík was elected as a KDU-ČSL representative of the Brno-sever district, and became a district council member the following month. He also ran for KDU-ČSL in the Brno city council elections, but was not elected. In the 2014 Czech municipal elections, Hladík defended his mandate in Brno-sever as the leader of the KDU-ČSL candidate list, and was also elected to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafra (company)
Mafra is a Czech media group that publishes printed and internet media, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. From 2013 to 2023, it was a subsidiary of Agrofert holding conglomerate owned by trust of Andrej Babiš, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Mafra owns newspapers '' Mladá fronta Dnes'' and '' Lidové noviny''. In September 2023, Agrofert sold the group to the Czech billionaire investor Karel Pražák (Kaprain Group). History Founded in 1992 in Prague, Mafra was acquired in 1994 by the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (RBDV) (the publisher of the '' Rheinische Post''), which bought Mafra from French press group Socpresse. In 2013, Mafra was acquired by Czech holding group Agrofert, which is owned by Andrej Babiš. Mafra publishes the daily newspaper '' Mladá fronta Dnes'', which – with 224,000 circulation as of March 2011 – is the second largest newspaper in the Czech Republic, after tabloid '' Blesk'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
