Antonín Staněk (born 2 March 1966) is a Czech

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. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. Staněk served as Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic in the

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between June 2018 and July 2019. He served as mayor of Olomouc from 2014 to 2018. For ten years between 2001 and 2021, Staněk was a member of the Czech Social Democratic Party.

Early life and education

Staněk was born on 2 March 1966. In 2001, he joined the Department of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University. Staněk also graduated as vice-dean for study matters and head of the Department of Social Sciences. In March 2021, after the complaints of students the management of the Faculty of Education of the UP had Staněk's lecture materials submitted and interrupted cooperation with him by mutual agreement. A municipal politician, his salary was around 200,000 CZK per month. Although Staněk served as Minister of Culture from 2018 until 2019, he was not interested in culture during his parliamentary mandate.

Political career

Chamber of Deputies

In the

2006 Czech municipal elections Municipal elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 October and 21 October 2006. The Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party received 35% of the vote, winning more seats than any other party. Results References

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, Staněk ran for Olomouc City Council as a member of ČSSD, but was unsuccessful. He became a city councilor only after the

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. In the

2014 Czech municipal elections Municipal elections were held in the Czech Republic on 10–11 October 2014. Approximately 62,300 local council seats were elected. The date of the elections was announced by the President Miloš Zeman in June 2014. Results References Exter ...

, he defended his position as a city councilor of Olomouc, leading the ČSSD candidate list. Although the ČSSD finished in second place, it eventually negotiated a coalition with the ODS, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09, and Staněk was elected mayor of the statutory city of Olomouc on 10 November. After the resignation of

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, Staněk became a city representative again in July 2020. Staněk tried to enter Olomouc Regional Assembly as a member of the ČSSD twice, but was unsuccessful in both 2008 and 2012. In the

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, he finished first as a ČSSD candidate in the Olomouc Region, thus became a member of parliament with 1,362 votes.

Minister of Culture

Staněk failed to run for the post as vice-chairman of the ČSSD twice at the party congresses in 2018 and 2019. On 18 May 2018, president of ČSSD approved him as a candidate for the post of Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic. On 22 June, prime minister

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sworn him Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic his newly-formed government. On 27 June, president

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appointed Staněk to this government.

Personal life

Staněk listens to

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and Finnish singer

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. He serves as chairman of the Supervisory Board of SK Sigma Olomouc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanek, Antonin 1966 births Living people Politicians from Olomouc Culture ministers of the Czech Republic Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2017–2021) 21st-century Czech politicians