Michal Klusáček (born 23 October 1979) is a

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politician and

flight engineer A flight engineer (FE), also sometimes called an air engineer, is a member of an aircraft's flight crew who is responsible for monitoring and operating its complex aircraft systems. In the early era of aviation, the position was sometimes referr ...

Biography

Between 2001 and 2007, Klusáček studied construction of air engines at Samara State Aerospace University. From 2012 to 2019, he was leader of the

Czech National Social Party The Czech National Social Party (Czech language, Czech: ''Česká strana národně sociální'', ČSNS) is a political party in the Czech Republic, that played an important role in Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and then between 1945 an ...

. In May 2016, Klusáček and his party met with controversy when they covered up an information board at a memorial to executed Germans in Špindlerův Mlýn, stating that the board lacked historical context and those executed were sympathizers of the

Third Reich Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

. The information board was later restored to its original state. Due to disputes within the party, he was excluded in August 2019 by the new leadership around Vladislav Svoboda. In the

2024 European Parliament election The 2024 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 6 and 9 June 2024. It was the tenth Elections to the European Parliament, parliamentary election since the 1979 European Parliament election, first direct electio ...

, Klusáček ran as a member of the Czech National Socialist Party in 11th place on the

Stačilo! Stačilo! () is a political party in the Czech Republic. It was first announced as an electoral alliance on 4 December 2023 by Kateřina Konečná, leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM). The alliance consisted of KSČM, Uni ...

candidate list. He received 805 preferential votes, becoming the 9th alternate on the list.

References

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